Learning objectives
- To demonstrate reversible changes.
- Working scientifically: To write a prediction using prior knowledge of the states of matter.
Success criteria
- I can define
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National curriculum
Science
Properties and changes of materials
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Cross-curricular links
British values
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could use the Activity: Predicting reversible changes: support version to write their predictions.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could heat more than three materials (including at least one solid and one liquid) and compare and describe the differences between each of their materials; could answer the open-ended question of what would happen if changes of state were not reversible (answers may include reference to the water cycle).
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: defining the term
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Vocabulary definitions
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change of state
When a materials changes from one state of matter (solid, liquid, gas) to another, often due to a change in temperature.
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condensing
The process of a gas changing into a liquid.
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 1st September, 2023
