KS3 ~ Year 7 ~ The Night Sky

This lesson is designed for the Activate KS3 Science Course, specifically Year 7 P1 ’Forces’.

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This lesson begins with a short video about light-years, students will watch the video and will need to answer to two questions whilst watching. This task can then be self-assessed using the mark scheme provided.

Next, students will now each be given a piece of information about an object which is visible in the night sky - comets, meteors, planets (some!) and satellites. Students will need to swap information with people around the room in order to complete a summary table. Once complete students can use the mark scheme provided to self-assess their work.

Next, students are introduced to the definitions for the terms ‘galaxy’ and ‘Universe’, which students could take notes on. Now students will complete a progress check, which is a set of questions aimed to assess students knowledge of what they have learned so far this lesson. This task can be either peer-assessed or self-assessed using the mark scheme provided.

Lastly, students will be asked to create three quiz questions (which they should know the answers too!) to test their peers knowledge of what they have learned this lesson. If there is time, students can then read some of their questions out and ask particular students in the class.

The plenary activity is an anagram challenge, students are given a set of anagrams of key words learned this lesson. The answers are provided to check they are correct!

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