Lesson Plan: Experimental Skills and Strategies (Working Scientifically)

Lesson Plan only

Key Stage 4
55 minute lesson plan
Topic: Working Scientifically
Title: Experimental Skills and Strategies

Includes:

SEN Differentiation
Learning Objectives

Introduction:
5 minutes
2 Activities

Activity 1: Importance of Experimental Skills 15 minutes
Activity 2: Reading Experimental Procedures (10 minutes)
Activity 3: Numeracy in Data Analysis (Practical activity) (15 minutes):

Conclusion: 5 minutes

Includes options for group work, pair work, think pair share, individual work and class discussion opportunities as well as homework and assessment tasks.

Large scope for mixing and matching ideas, or picking and choosing just those ideas appropriate for your class or which you’d like to focus on building further.