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== Heating and cooling lesson plan - year 2 – student contributed <br /> | == Heating and cooling lesson plan - year 2 – student contributed == | ||
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Pupil age: Year 2 <br /> | Pupil age: Year 2 <br /> | ||
mode of teaching: small groups of 6<br /> | mode of teaching: small groups of 6<br /> | ||
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duration: 45 minutes<br /> | duration: 45 minutes<br /> | ||
Rationale | == Rationale == | ||
In this inquiry-based lesson plan, students devise a ‘fair way’ to compare (mostly) physical changes in materials such as cheese and chocolate. They ask and answer questions about how to heat the materials and about using materials of the same size and shape. They also predict how substances may change and observe what actually happens.<br /> | In this inquiry-based lesson plan, students devise a ‘fair way’ to compare (mostly) physical changes in materials such as cheese and chocolate. They ask and answer questions about how to heat the materials and about using materials of the same size and shape. They also predict how substances may change and observe what actually happens.<br /> | ||
The purpose of the lesson is to both support year 2 work on changing materials and to develop students’ ideas about ‘fair tests’. The activity thus offers an opportunity to assess how well students plan a test and how well they observe change. <br /> | The purpose of the lesson is to both support year 2 work on changing materials and to develop students’ ideas about ‘fair tests’. The activity thus offers an opportunity to assess how well students plan a test and how well they observe change. <br /> | ||
Coping with challenges<br /> | == Coping with challenges<br /> == | ||
* As a class activity, pupils may benefit from a template (writing frame) to plan; predict and record observations. | * As a class activity, pupils may benefit from a template (writing frame) to plan; predict and record observations. | ||
* To manage the assessment activity, the teacher may work with a small group while the remainder of the class perform other work | * To manage the assessment activity, the teacher may work with a small group while the remainder of the class perform other work | ||
