KS3- Ohms Law / Effects of Resistance
Main Topic : Ohms Law, Ohmic Heating & Current/Voltage Graphs
Skills Developed:
Physical to abstract reasoning,
logic/ problem solving.
Articulation, relationships between values
Reading Graphs
Learning Objectives :
To explain the relationship between VIR mathematically
To identify the relationships between current and P.D. on a graph
To explain the proportional relationship of I and V using Ohms Law
Teaching & Learning Strategies
Demo of I and R relationship with fixed Voltage using nichrome wire
LO: Today we are going to study and explore the human skeleton so that we can identify parts of the skeletal system and their function
AFL To know if bones are alive, make blood, protect the body, help with movement, and to support the body.
Worksheet answers, random selection and rotating around class to get answers to blanks. Opportunities for students to show prior knowledge.
Equipment : skeleton model
Starter:Crossword of bone names.
Then ask if they can guess.
Skeleton model to give clues.
MAIN ACTIVITY
Show objectives and get pupils to write objectives
Show keywords - allow them to copy down.
Give all pupils sticky notes to label Skeleton as best they can together.
Label skeleton diagram as best they can.
Go through diagram on slide, asking for volunteers who might know the parts. Give clues and help pronunciation. Consolidate + paste in notebooks
Ask if bones are living?
Mini discussion w/elbow partner - yes /no?
Explanation of inside of a bone with marrow that makes blood
Brief mention of Ligaments and tendons (covered more in joints section)
Fill in 2nd worksheet about function of the skeleton
Feedback on sheet / correct with answers on slide
Summary/Takeaway Question/Plenary:
Broken bones - can they heal? (c/f bones alive, growing etc)
Describe how muscles, joints and bones work to move your body
Other Broader/Cross-curricular links – PSHE/Body/Self, PE, sports science
Starter: Have a think: are muscles like elastic bands? | Dispel misconceptions, ask them to think about models
Recap on bones, joints, ligaments, tendons.
Shoulder blade = scapula
Functions of bones are – protection, support
Where a bone meets (joint)
Softer bit on the end of the bone (cartilage)
The cushioning liquid on a join (synovial fluid)
Connects bone to bone (ligaments)
Muscle to bone (tendon)
Revision Worksheet & Questions
Main Activity
Muscles –long and stretchy?
Animation / video of muscle
Muscle fibre ‘model’. Can change shape. Remind about Antagonistic Pair
Is an elastic band a good model? How would you better represent a muscle?
Cardiac –heart, what is special about it?
Tendons can’t, ligaments can’t muscles can
Types of muscle - smooth, skeletal, cardiac
Match type of muscle worksheet + stick in book
Slide w/Q: What would happen if our skeletal muscles were replaced by tendons? (so heart still works etc!) – couldn’t move
Get them to write and articulate.
What would happen if all skeletal muscles were replaced by cardiac muscles?
Ext: if you need to make a muscle bunch up and get shorter, what do you need to use up? (energy)
Takeaway Question/Plenary:
How many muscles will you use on the way to break now?
To have them thinking that they use muscles to move and realise/value what they have learned.
KS3 - Rock Cycle & Salol Practical
Includes worksheets, approx lesson plan and timings, needs grated chocolate as demo of how rocks are formed.
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Links to prior topics :
Earth Science 1 (rock types)
Earth Science 2 (spheres)
Skills Developed:
Practical skills, Microscope skills, observation, note making
Learning Objectives :
Revise previously covered Earth Chemistry (spheres, rocks)
Learn about how Rocks are formed so that you can explain their structures
Assessment Criteria for Objectives:
Fill in rock cycle
Determine crystal structure formation
explain the structures of marble (metamorphic), pumice (Igneous) and sandstone (sedimentary) and how they are formed. [assessed next lesson]
Teaching & Learning Strategies
Animation, demonstration, practical observations, practical work
Resources / Materials Required
Chocolates for 'choc cycle '
Salol + slides /m’scopes
Bunsen burner
Lab Safety Considerations [CLEAPSS / Hazcards / COSHH]
Salol, chocolate allergies/nuts , bunsen flame
Practical Work/Demonstration
Salol slides hot/cold
Literacy /Numeracy/ICT incl. School-wide objectives
Visual descriptors of what they see, writing to articulate information
Other Broader/Cross-curricular links –
Sustainability, geology/geography
Electrostatics:
**This introduces the topic, there is room for a practical demo with a Van DerGraff generator makes up the last 15 minutes of a 60 minute lesson**
Skills Developed:
Physical to abstract reasoning,
Observation
Links to prior topics :
PD/Current, series, parallel, circuits
Learning Objectives :
To explain the concept of charge transfer
To explain why we get shocks from things
To predict how a charged object will interact
Assessment Criteria for Objectives:
Statements to demonstrate LOs
Observations
Resources / Materials Required:
Van Der Graff generator, accessories, balloon,
Lab Safety Considerations [CLEAPSS / Hazcards / COSHH]:
High voltage (low current) shock risk
Practical Work/Demonstration:
Van Der Graff generator – generate static charge and discharge/use to demonstrate
Literacy /Numeracy/ICT incl. School-wide objectives:
Numeracy links with voltage calculations,
Literacy in expression and formulation of hypothesis.
Other Broader/Cross-curricular links:
Household electronics, DT links, Scientific inquiry.
Approx. lesson plan:
To understand that a power source provides energy as a flow of electric current and needs a complete circuit to flow.
To know how to draw simple circuit diagrams.
• To identify the circuit components
• To create a circuit
• To explain why the lightbulb lights up
Identify electrical devices in diagram -Car Phone Toaster TV Cooker Hoover Light Washing machine CD player Kettle Iron Fridge
Nothing to write / introduce the topic / electrical circuits
Give time to write title and date
Verbally explain keywords while/if they write them down.
Pichu = electron ‘pretend this baby Pikachu is an electron’
PD = amount of kick behind each electron. More volts = more electrons flowing.
Electrons carry charge
Students must form a circle. One is nominated as the bulb.
Teacher is battery. Give ‘charge’ (a sweet) to every 6th pupil. When charge reaches the bulb it waves.
Charge = energy.
Can travel faster than electrons – can pass it to each other instead if they are just shuffling.
Circuit diagram drawings
Construct circuit + test + draw
Recap Symbols on drawings / practically create and test circuits.
Draw 2 more circuits
KS3 - Circuits 2
Has basic animated slides with examples of electron movement and principles of carrying charge.
Follows from KS3 - Circuits 1 and leads on to concept of resistance.
Ends with question about lightning (air has a high resistance, how does lightning 'flow'?)
Infomation:
Links to prior topics :
Basic physics, Circuits 1
Skills Developed:
Diagrams/graphical work, physical to abstract, logic
Learning Objectives :
Revise PD, electrons and charge
To identify new circuit components and understand conductors
To explain what is happening in a circuit, using different models
To infer a relationship between voltage current and resistance
Assessment Criteria for Objectives:
Comparison of models
Understanding of relationships between VIR
Teaching & Learning Strategies :
Visual and tactile,
labelling,
abstraction,
comparison modelling,
modelling with rope as circuit
Resources / Materials Required
School circuit kit (cells, cables, switches, bulbs)
Ammeters
Optional Rope Model
Lab Safety Considerations [CLEAPSS / Hazcards / COSHH]
Electrical safety (1.5-3v, IE negligible, but good time to start on electrical safety)
Practical Work/Demonstration
Circuit creation – Battery + bulb + ammeter to measure,
Optional rope model of a circuit
Literacy /Numeracy/ICT incl. School-wide objectives
Numeracy links with voltage calculations ,
literacy with the labels.
Other Broader/Cross-curricular links -
Household / hobby electronics,
DT links,
Scientific inquiry
KS3 - Resistance (follows Circuits 2)
Links to prior topics :
Basic physics,
Circuits 1,
Circuits 2,
PD/Current,
series,
parallel
Skills Developed:
Diagrams/graphical work,
physical to abstract,
logic,
problem solving.
Articulation,
relationships between values
Learning Objectives :
Revise PD, electrons and charge
To explain what effects resistance has on the current and PD in a circuit.
Using the concept of resistance to explain how a bulb can blow
Assessment Criteria for Objectives:
Comparison of models
Fill in analogous worksheet
Determine V=IR relationship from experiment
Teaching & Learning Strategies
Experimentation with circuits to practically determine the relationship of V=IxR
Resources / Materials Required
School circuit kit (cells, cables, switches, bulbs)
Ammeters, resistors (1kOhm & 10kOhm)
Lab Safety Considerations [CLEAPSS / Hazcards / COSHH]
Electrical safety (1.5-3v, IE negligible, but still worth pointing out)
Practical Work/Demonstration
Circuit creation – Battery + bulb + ammeter to measure, rope model of a circuit
Literacy /Numeracy/ICT incl. School-wide objectives
Numeracy links with voltage calculations,
literacy with the labels.
Other Broader/Cross-curricular links – [Citizenship, Sustainable Development, Scientific Inquiry, Critical Thinking, Articulation]
Household/hobby electronics,
DT links,
Scientific inquiry
Overview:
Adding lights/ recall series or parallel
Comparison of heating system (water) and electrical circuit
Radiator/water model
Compare resistance / radiators
Keywords
Main Activity
Construct circuit
Get results for current.
Change resistor
Deduce ohms law VIR. Use triangle handout for scaffolding
See if they can infer laws before showing slide.
End question about modelling circuits - extension
2 Lessons worth of earth science,
Covers the inner parts of the earth as well as the exterior spheres. Includes some etymology of words and leads on to the rock cycle.
Y7/KS3 -
Resources - skeleton model if you have one as well as any joint models. Builds on previous skeletal system lesson.
Overview:
Thunk - gives space/starter
worksheet to fill in - BBC Bitesize video about muscles
Memory game - labelled diagram of joint, return to desks to fill in
Different joint types
Summary - write sentence to explain how joints enable movement