Pressure Explained Fully Resourced Lesson Plus Dominoes Game KS3

This is a comprehensive and enjoyable introduction to pressure for KS3 science students. The fully resourced topic comes with an engaging animated PowerPoint and a collection of thirteen worksheets, guided notes, activities and homework. All answers are provided. A one – page flow chart lesson plan shows where logical choices can be made between resources if time requires. The dominoes game has questions and statements instead of numbers and is a really useful way to consolidate learning after the lesson have been taught or to use as test prep. So much fun, students don’t even realise they are learning!

This fully resourced lesson includes an animated PowerPoint which:
demonstrates use of the equation pressure = force/area;
explains the relationship between pressure, force and area with examples;
specifies units for pressure as N/m2 and Pascals;
demonstrates that pressure in liquids increases with depth;
explains the relationship between upthrust and floating and sinking;
explains why the number of air particles decreases with altitude;
explains why atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude.

What You Get
Lesson

• Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz
• Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
• Answers PowerPoint for easy self and peer assessment
• Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
• Foldable
• Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes)
• Worksheet to support the PowerPoint (X3)
• Fact sheet
• Homework plus answers (x3)
• Fact share worksheet
• 12 Taboo cards
• Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
• Exit Ticket
• Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources

Game

• 80 dominos
• Animated PowerPoint explaining the rules and how to play.

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