By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what is meant by decomposition.
Describe the decomposition of metal carbonates.
Explain why products should be kept in cold dark rooms.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the products and reactants of combustion.
Describe how to affect the rate of combustion.
Explain why combustion must be controlled.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify word and chemical equations.
Describe how to write a chemical and word equation.
Compare word and chemical equations.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify chemical and physical reactions.
Describe how physical and chemical reactions are different.
Explain why catalysts are needed by businesses.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the source of an organism’s characteristics.
Describe how genetic engineering works.
Explain why genetic engineering is useful.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about: the principles of selective breeding and examples of this.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Evaluate the process of selective breeding and justify why farmers use it.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
Identify characteristics in organisms.
Describe how to selectively breed.
Explain why selective breeding is used.
Powerpoint contains 18 slides.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what is meant by a binomial name.
Describe how organisms are classified in 7 sections.
Explain why classification and binomial systems are needed.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify what’s meant by a radioactive atom.
Describe how a GM tube measures radiation.
Explain why radioactive sources become less dangerous as time passes.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State what is meant by kinetic and gravitational energy.
Describe how to calculate kinetic and gravitational energy.
Explain why pendulums within a closed system will remain swinging at a fixed height.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify key parts of a flower.
Describe the function of each part of the flower.
Explain why flowers produce nectar.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify structures within the sperm and ova cells that help during fertilisation.
Describe the process of fertilisation.
Explain why the placenta is crucial for the development of a foetus.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify the 6 types of joints.
Describe how these joints allow movement.
Explain why some people are hypermobile or double jointed.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State the main components of the respiratory system.
Describe the mechanism of inspiration and exhalation.
Explain why choking and asthma affect an individual.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify the levels of organisation in a multicellular organism.
Describe how organisms use specific systems to survive.
Explain why one of these systems failing could affect the entire organism.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State what is meant by unicellular and multicellular.
Describe the functions of vacuoles within a unicellular organism.
Explain why unicellular organisms are able to survive without additional cells.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State what’s produced when an unstable atom breaks down.
Describe what is meant by half-life.
Explain why atoms with a high radioactivity will have a short half-life.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State the formula for speed.
Describe what’s shown in a distance-time graph
Explain why the gradient is the same as the speed on a distance-time graph.
Includes a simulation where you can use your webcam / student’s webcams to model distance time graphs based on movement toward / away from the screen.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify acceleration, constant velocity and deceleration on a velocity-time graph.
Describe how to calculate distance travelled using a velocity-time graph.
Compare the movement of two objects on a velocity-time graph.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State the law of conservation of energy.
Describe what’s meant by energy efficiency.
Create Sankey diagrams.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Use groups and periods to identify specific elements.
Describe how elements are placed in the periodic table.
Compare the older version which included gaps with the modern periodic table.