KS3 ~ Year 7 ~ Refraction

This lesson is designed for the Activate KS3 Science Course, specifically Year 7 P3 ’Light’.

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The lesson begins with an introduction to refraction, students are provided with a description of this process along with a digram to help demonstrate the idea.

Next, students will investigate the process of refraction. Students will be provided with a worksheet, they will need to fill in the blanks on the worksheet to provide a full method for the practical investigation, this can be checked against the answers provided on the PowerPoint before students begin.

Once students have completed the practical investigation they will then need to complete a fill-in-the-blank task to conclude what they have found during the investigation.

A diagram of the process of refraction is then shown to students, with detailed labels explaining what is happening as light travels from air, into glass and back out the other side again. Students could sketch a copy of this into their books for notes, they will then summarise what they have learned so far with a cloze activity. This can be self-assessed using the mark scheme provided.

Lastly, students will complete a ‘Progress Check’ task - this is a set of questions for students to complete in their books which will assess what they have learned this lesson. The answers for this task are also included in the PowerPoint presentation so students can mark and correct their work once this task is complete.

The plenary task is for students to wrist a list of key words from the lessons they have covered on light.

All resources are included at the end of the presentation. Thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know in the comments section and any feedback would be appreciated :)