This is a lesson based on being stranded on Mars. We experiment on the planet revising negative numbers by reading thermometers and ordering temperatures. An investigation option provides an extension to convert temperatures from Celsius to Fahrenheit with the plenary reversing the conversion. Questions and activities are written in consideration of national assessments and national curriculum levels. This lesson is in preparation for children to create their own diary on Mars to document mathematical findings. It is aimed at children at an age 10-11 level (Year 6 in England and Wales). The unit’s context revolves around a mission to Mars. Pre-lesson preparation is provided with three short animations from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as he or she travels and lands on Mars, making the lesson come alive. A further animation in lesson sets the context of measuring temperatures on Mars. PowerPoints provide structure, modelling, examples and explanation. Optional IT links are provided as well as, as mentioned, an optional investigation activity for an ability group. There is a lesson plan which includes: suggested links to curriculums; notes to provide background information; optional pre lesson preparation; starter, main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); sections of the lesson are linked to Blooms taxonomy; Talk time suggestions; PowerPoint presentations to support teaching; differentiated group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; pictures and actions provided for key terms; and independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson Plans and PowerPoints are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the lesson. An alternative streamlined PowerPoint is also provided. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).

In this lesson we use column subtraction to find the difference between calorie intake and recommended calorie intake to allow us to survive after being stranded on Mars. We look at basic subtraction, regrouping and calculations involving zeros in the minuend’s ten and/or hundred column. This lesson is in preparation for children to create their own diary on Mars to document mathematical findings. It is aimed at children at an age 10-11 level (Year 6 in England and Wales). The unit’s context revolves around a mission to Mars. Pre-lesson preparation is provided with five short animations from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as he or she travels, lands, is marooned on Mars and calculates calories, making the lesson come alive. PowerPoints provide structure, modelling, examples and group extension. Optional IT links are provided. There is a lesson plan which includes: suggested links to curriculums; notes to provide background information; optional pre lesson preparation; starter, main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); sections of the lesson are linked to Blooms taxonomy; talk time suggestions; support for teaching; differentiated group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; pictures and actions provided for key terms; and independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson Plans and PowerPoints are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the lesson. An alternative streamlined PowerPoint is also provided. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).

In this lesson we use column addition to add calories to allow us to survive on Mars. This lesson is in preparation for children to create their own diary on Mars to document mathematical findings. It is aimed at children at an age 10-11 level (Year 6 in England and Wales). The unit’s context revolves around a mission to Mars. Pre-lesson preparation is provided with five short animations from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as he or she travels, lands, experiments and then is marooned on Mars, making the lesson come alive. A further animation in the lesson set the context of calculating calorie intake to survive on the planet. PowerPoints provide structure, modelling, examples and explanation. Optional IT links are provided. There is a lesson plan which includes: suggested links to curriculums; notes to provide background information; optional pre lesson preparation; starter, main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); sections of the lesson are linked to Blooms taxonomy; Talk time suggestions; support for teaching; differentiated group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; pictures and actions provided for key terms; and independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson Plans and PowerPoints are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the lesson. An alternative streamlined PowerPoint is also provided. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).

In this lesson we investigate the difference in temperatures on Mars. This can be extended to increase and decrease in temperature questions. An investigation option also provides an extension to add and subtract positive and negative numbers. Questions and activities are written in consideration of national assessments and national curriculum levels. This lesson is in preparation for children to create their own diary on Mars to document mathematical findings. It is aimed at children at an age 10-11 level (Year 6 in England and Wales). The unit’s context revolves around a mission to Mars. Pre-lesson preparation is provided with four short animations from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as he or she travels, lands and measures temperatures on Mars, making the lesson come alive. A further animation set the context of being marooned on Mars. PowerPoints provide structure, modelling, examples and explanation. Optional IT links are provided as well as, as mentioned, an optional investigation activity for an ability group. There is a lesson plan which includes: suggested links to curriculums; notes to provide background information; optional pre lesson preparation; starter, main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); sections of the lesson are linked to Blooms taxonomy; Talk time suggestions; PowerPoint presentations to support teaching; differentiated group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; pictures and actions provided for key terms; and independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson Plans and PowerPoints are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the lesson. An alternative streamlined PowerPoint is also provided. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).

This lesson is a review of column multiplication as we are stranded on Mars and investigate the idea of how much food we have and how long that will last. We consolidate the steps and stages in the column method and support is provided to teach for understanding. Differentiation is provided with LA concentrating on times tables or TU x U extending to consolidating ThHTU x U for MA and HA. Support is also provided for the understanding of the column method of multiplication. In our next lesson we extend to ThHTU x TU. This lesson is in preparation for children to create their own diary on Mars to document mathematical findings. It is aimed at children at an age 10-11 level (Year 6 in England and Wales). The unit’s context revolves around a mission to Mars. Pre-lesson preparation is provided with five short animations from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as he or she travels to Mars and is then marooned, having to calculate calories to survive. A further in-lesson animation then investigates rescue time. PowerPoints provide structure, modelling, examples and group extension. Optional IT links are provided. There is a lesson plan which includes: suggested links to curriculums; notes to provide background information; optional pre lesson preparation; starter, main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); sections of the lesson are linked to Blooms taxonomy; talk time suggestions; support for teaching; differentiated group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; pictures and actions provided for key terms; and independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson. Plans and PowerPoints are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the lesson. An alternative streamlined PowerPoint is also provided. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).

In this lesson we review column multiplication before focusing on multiplying by TU. We are stranded on Mars and need to investigate how many calories we need to survive until the MAV (Mars Ascent Vehicle) is repaired and we can escape. We consolidate the steps and stages in the column method and support is provided to teach for understanding. Differentiation is provided with LA concentrating on times tables or TU x U extending to consolidating ThHTU x U. MA and HA move on to x TU. Support is also provided for the understanding of the column method of multiplication. This lesson is in preparation for children to create their own diary on Mars to document mathematical findings. It is aimed at children at an age 10-11 level (Year 6 in England and Wales). Pre-lesson preparation is provided with six short animations from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as he or she travels to Mars and is then marooned, having to calculate calories to survive and time until rescue. PowerPoints provide structure, modelling, examples, group extension and an investigation option for HA. Optional IT links are provided. There is a lesson plan which includes: suggested links to curriculums; notes to provide background information; optional pre lesson preparation; starter, main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); sections of the lesson are linked to Blooms taxonomy; talk time suggestions; support for teaching; differentiated group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; pictures and actions provided for key terms; and independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson. Plans and PowerPoints are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the lesson. An alternative streamlined PowerPoint is also provided. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).

In this lesson, we review the first and all four quadrants before plotting co-ordinates to accurately draw aliens and an astronaut. We have three aliens (Grey, Robot and Teeth) in the first quadrant or in four quadrants (at two levels of detail) and two aliens (Tripod and Grey Alien) or an astronaut in four quadrants (at a very detailed level). We are astronauts traveling to Mars and need to report our alien sightings back to Mission Control on Earth. This lesson runs alongside a Maths unit where children create their own diary on Mars to document mathematical findings and a Literacy unit where they write their own non-chronological report on Mars. This unit is aimed at children at an age 9-11 level (Year 5 & 6 in England and Wales). Pre-lesson preparation is provided with three short animations from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as we receive a transmission after lift-off and find a strange fictional grey planet. We then find ourselves in the middle of a firefight between two warring alien species. PowerPoints provide structure, modelling, examples, group extension and differentiation of quadrants, scales and detail. Optional IT links are provided. There is a lesson plan which includes: suggested links to curriculums; notes to provide background information; optional pre lesson preparation; starter, main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); sections of the lesson are linked to Blooms taxonomy; talk time suggestions; support for teaching; differentiated group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; pictures and actions provided for key terms; and independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson. Plans and PowerPoints are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the lesson. An alternative streamlined PowerPoint is also provided. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).

In this lesson, we read and write co-ordinates to identify aliens and travel across the surface of Mars. We revise the first quadrant and then concentrate on all four quadrants. This lesson runs alongside a Maths unit where children create their own diary on Mars to document mathematical findings and a Literacy unit where they write their own non-chronological report on Mars. This unit is aimed at children at an age 9-11 level (Year 5 & 6 in England and Wales). The unit’s context revolves around a mission to Mars. Pre-lesson preparation is provided with four short animations from an astronaut’s first-person point of view as he or she travels to, lands and is marooned on Mars, making the lesson come alive. PowerPoints provide structure, modelling, examples and explanation. Optional IT links are provided. There is a lesson plan which includes: suggested links to curriculums; notes to provide background information; optional pre lesson preparation; starter, main, groups and plenary sections with suggested timings (please change depending on your class); sections of the lesson are linked to Blooms taxonomy; Talk time suggestions; PowerPoint presentations to support teaching; differentiated group activities with extra ideas for early finishers; consideration of, and reference to, different learning styles; pictures and actions provided for key terms; and independent activities that are planned to aim to allow the teacher to support or extend an assessment group within the lesson Plans and PowerPoints are detailed and thorough to provide teaching structure, if needed, for the whole, or parts, of the lesson. An alternative streamlined PowerPoint is also provided. Thankyou, Team Teaching Alive P.S.- See PowerPoints for any copyright info. P.P.S.- PowerPoints and PDFs are read only but there is no problem with any requests for changes (within reason).