KS3 ~ Year 7 ~ The Earth

This lesson is designed for the Activate KS3 Science Course, specifically Year 7 P4 ’Space’.

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This lesson begins with an introduction to the idea of the Earth spinning on it’s axis, which gives us day and night. This is demonstrated to students using a diagram, they can take notes on this and also draw a sketch of the Earth spinning on it’s axis.

Students will then watch a video on Earth and the way that it moves to give day/night and the different seasons. Students will answer a set of questions whilst they are watching the video, once complete the task can then self-assessed using the mark scheme provided.

Next, students are shown a diagram which demonstrates the reason why in the summer the UK is hotter and longer days, whereas in the winter the UK is older and has shorter days. Again, students could take notes on this and sketch a diagram in their books to demonstrate this process.

The next activity requires students to use an array of resources - beach ball, balloon, torch, marker pen - to demonstrate the orbit of the Earth around the Sun to explain why we have seasons.

Students will now complete a worksheet which will assess their knowledge of what they have learned so far this lesson. The mark scheme for this task is included in the PowerPoint so students cans self-assess their work once it is complete.

The last activity is a summary task, students should copy and complete the sentences to summarise what they have learned so far this lesson. The work can be self or peer assessed using the mark scheme provided once this students have completed it.

The plenary activity requires students to write a Whatsapp message to a friend about what they have learned this lesson.

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 :)