High quality, complete and ready to use lesson. For use in KS3 and for lower and middle ability groups in KS4.
‘‘LIFE CYCLE OF A STAR’’ - STUDENT OUTCOMES:
By the end of the lesson students will be able to:
* Recall space facts such as what planets, moon, stars and galaxies are
* Understand new key words such as nebula, red giant, white dwarf etc.
* Describe the life cycle of stars of similar mass to our sun.
* Describe the life cycle of stars of much larger mass than our sun.
* Compare and contrast the 2 life cycles.
STARTER
Pupils will start the lessons by thinking and working in pairs in a race to solve a mini quiz. After discussion of the answers this leads to revealing the title and lesson outcomes, students then self assess their current understanding of what this lesson is going to cover.
MAIN and MAIN and MAIN…
This lesson is chunked into discrete sections to support learning and engender positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. All points of the specification are addressed.
There are various student activities such as: unique activity sheet, carefully selected video, paired work, literacy activities, focused questions with answers and differentiation, quiz, homework worksheet, gap fill, self-assessment and peer assessment opportunities etc. This good variety of activities keeps pupils focused and happily learning.
PLENARY:
In the plenary activity pupils complete an activity sheet then peer assess it to uncover how much they have learnt during the lesson. They then self-assess themselves against the lesson outcomes. Students who need further support set themselves additional homework to enhance learning of today’s lesson.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:
These are provided just in case any group requires them.
OTHER BARCLAYFOX SPACE LESSONS FOR STUDENTS BETWEEN 10 YEARS AND 14 YEARS OLD:
* Solar system, stars and galaxies and the universe.
* Geocentric and heliocentric solar system models
* Seasons.
* Gravity, weight and mass.
* Exploring and observing the universe.
* The moon’s phases.
* Eclipse
* Space travel
* Observations of the universe
* Day and night
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Happy teaching !
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