Learning objectives
- To explain the process of filtering.
- Working scientifically: To identify testable questions and how to answer them.
Success criteria
- I can define
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National curriculum
Science
Properties and changes of materials
Pupils
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Cross-curricular links
None.
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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 sticky notes to reveal the size of the gaps for each material.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could collect a teabag and answer the question, ‘How is the teabag a filter for the tea?’ (The bag has small holes that let water with dissolved tea through but that do not let large, undissolved pieces of tea leaf through.); could identify and record a list of other filters used in the home or in everyday life, such as water filters, swimming pool filters, coffee filters and washing machine filters.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: defining the term ‘filtering’;
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Vocabulary definitions
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filtering
A technique used to separate liquid-solid mixtures.
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 21st July, 2023
