


Plans, elevations and surface area of prisms. A complete, ready-to-teach 90-minute lesson – download it and teach it, no preparation needed. Written for GCSE Foundation and post-16 resit learners (grades 1–3 aiming for a 4).
By the end of the lesson learners can: draw plans and elevations on a grid and find the surface area of cuboids and prisms.
THE LESSON IN 3 PARTS
- Part A: Plans and elevations
- Part B: Surface area of a cuboid
- Part C: Surface area of prisms
Key words: Plan, Elevation, Net, Surface area
WHAT YOU GET (4 files)
- PowerPoint – fully editable, with teacher notes, timings and common errors on every slide
- Worksheet – Bronze (scaffolded, grade 2–3), Silver (grade 3–4) and Gold (exam-style, grade 4–5)
- Exit tickets – 3 per learner, print and cut
- Answers – full worked answers to every worksheet and exam question
- 35 worksheet questions across the three levels, plus 4 exam-style questions (2–3 marks, calculator)
HOW THE LESSON RUNS
- Recall – 6 mini-whiteboard questions on earlier topics (click for working, click for answer)
- Starter – 4 questions on exactly the skills this lesson needs
- Objectives, key words and a one-slide fact sheet for exercise books
- For each part of the lesson:
- a step-by-step “How to” method slide
- I do – worked examples that build click by click as a diagram, then a “Your Turn” question for learners to try
- We do – one question worked through with the class
- You do – 6 mini-whiteboard check questions; click any answer to open the full worked solution. The score out of 6 tells each learner where to start on the worksheet
- a timed worksheet task slide with on-screen timer and click-to-reveal answers
- 4 exam-style questions with a full walkthrough of each
- Exit ticket with a confidence check, plus homework
WHY TEACHERS USE IT
- Less text, more visuals – every method is shown as a diagram (bar models, number lines, grids, labelled shapes)
- You control the pace – working and answers appear one click at a time
- Built-in differentiation – the mini-whiteboard score sends each learner to the right worksheet level
- All questions are original and exam-style; works for any GCSE Foundation specification
- The same routine every lesson, so learners know what to expect
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