I am a secondary science teacher from Plymouth, United Kingdom. I have a passion for designing interactive, engaging and well scaffolded resources that are inclusive for all pupils. I teach all years, from years 7-13. I teach KS3 Activate (Biology, Chemistry and Physics), AQA GCSE Combined Science Trilogy (Biology and Chemistry), AQA GCSE Biology, AQA GCSE Chemistry, and A Level Biology (OCR A).
A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class.
This is the 3rd lesson in “Chapter 3 - Light” from Activate 1, Physics. This lesson is on ‘refraction’.
This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism.
This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks.
This lesson includes a class practical where students investigate refraction using a glass block and ray box.
From this lesson, students should be able to:
Recall what refraction is
Give some examples of refraction
Describe how the direction of light changes as it passes from one medium to another
Explain why light changes direction as it passes from one medium to another
Use a glass box and ray box to investigate how the direction of light changes as it passes from one medium to another
All of my lesson resources contain:
A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter
An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson
Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load
Teacher models
Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes
Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides
