Learning Objectives
✤ State the adverse effect of Global Dimming and discuss why these pollutants are of global concern
✤ Relate this to particle theory and light diffraction/reflection.
Settler:
Starter:
https://quizlet.com/57699307/aqa-c143-hydrocarbon-fuels-flash-cards/
Demonstration:
Practical:
Main 1:
See ppt.
Main 2:
AFL:
Homework
Exploratorium activity on website.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JmrmwIyhAE
Learning Objectives
✤ Describe briefly the uses if limestone and how it is quarried.
✤ Consider and evaluate the environmental, social and economic effects of exploiting limestone and producing building materials from it.
✤ Evaluate the developments in using limestone, cement and concrete as building materials, and their advantages and disadvantages over other materials.
Settler:
Starter:
Demonstration:
Practical:
Main 1:
Limestone cycle folder
Main 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehBKETtRImk
How does cement work?
AFL:
Homework
Take a look at this article: Worlds largest Open pit Mines (Quarrys)
To add extra wow factor I found them on google maps for you:
• The biggest iron mine
• The deepest mine
• The deadliest mine
Your task after this lesson will be to prepare yourself for a debate on Quarrying - Is it good or bad? The best pupils will research both sides, and this article will give you great perspective. For example Hibbing Minnesota would not exist at all without the local mine as it provides all the jobs and income for the area. There are lots of positive and negative arguments in the text of the article. You may also want to research easier to read websites such as BBC Bitesize.
Learning Objectives
✤ To plan an investigation into the effect of volume of air on the time it takes for a candle to go out.
✤ To carry out an investigation
Settler:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwU3YL_SD70
Starter:
Use common mistakes ppt.
Demonstration:
Practical:
Main 1:
This is the levelled task for this topic. We will be used to level along UK national curriculum levels you ability to carry out an investigation. The assessment is looking mostly for your ability to make links between the topics and explain both verbally and using diagrams. The levels available will range from a 3c (lowest) to a 7a (highest).
If pupils have already achieved a 7c or above in the previous levelled practical they will be given the opportunity to use the GCSE criteria, these have much more criteria to be completed but will allow pupils to achieve grades rating from a FAIL to an A*.
Learning Objectives
State that earthquakes are most frequent at tectonic plate boundaries.
Explain what causes earthquakes suddenly.
Explain why people might not evacuate overtime there is an earthquake warning.
Settler:
Think pair share
Are all earthquakes the same?
Which Earthquakes are more dangerous?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pwlMHpeOto
Do they occur everywhere?
Starter:
Demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFB-qpiKccs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOCxNVDiOnE
Practical:
Main 1:
Why might Earthquakes be difficult to predict?
Why are the effects of the Earthquake on people who live there?
If earthquakes are so destructive why don’t people evacuate everyone there is a mild tremor?
Main 2:
AFL:
Homework
What is your own experience with earthquakes? Has someone in your family experienced a earthquake?
Write a diary entry for the day when the earthquake happened (fact or fiction), include any warning you had about the earthquake if you had them and what your response was, wether you thought the earthquake was dangerous and what happened afterwards.
Ever wondered why some old buildings survive earthquakes and some don't - turns out the secret is retrofitting.
Learning Objectives
✤ Name the common pollutants in the air
✤ State the source of each of these pollutants.
✤ Describe and explain the presence of oxides of nitrogen in car engines and their catalytic removal.
Settler:
Some great combustion videos:
The essential element
Starter:
Demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubop-51dJjg
Practical:
Main 1:
Main 2:
AFL:
Have pupils take poll on the website and discuss
Homework
Read "A students guide to Global Climate Change"
Think about this question..
Is carbon dioxide always a bad thing?
Learning Objectives
Learn who Alfred Wegener was and state the theory of continental drift.
Describe the crust as broken into pieces called tectonic plates.
Explain that convection currents within the Earth’s mantle driven by heat released by natural radioactive processes because the plates to move at relative speeds of a few centimeters per year.
Evaluate the evidence for continental drift and explain why it was not accepted at the time.
Settler:
Think pair share – Were all scientists successful?
Introduce students to the storys of Mendeleevs early life, Alfred Wegeners life and/or Nikolai Tesla.
Starter:
Demonstration:
Plate tectonic demonstration with biscuits and syrup – see video
Practical:
Main 1:
Alfred Wegener Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1-cES1Ekto
Explain tectonic plates and continental drift
Alfred Wegener SciShow Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbU809Cyrao
Main 2:
Pupils answer
What is the Alfred Wegener’s theory of continental drift. And what evidence did he have for it? (4)
Alfred Wegener’s theory of continental drift was not accepted by the scientists at the time. Why? (2)
AFL:
Homework
Produce a fake social media page for Alfred Wegener, what sort of things would he be posting about? Some people have already had a go, what would you post about if you were him?