Sampling techniques
Lesson idea. A comprehension and discussion activity based on four different organisms: the butterfly, the oak, the whale and the zebra.
Teaching approach. This lesson offers students an opportunity to use their existing knowledge to analyse a ‘real scientific publication’ and its language(ta) and link this to scientific method(ta).
- They use study skills(topic) to skim read, make sense of complex language, and use visualisation(ta) to select relevant information
- They engage in collaborative(tool) group work(ta) using reasoning(ta) and skills in peer assessment(ta)
- They engage in dialogue(ta) and questioning(ta) to explore ideas together
- They also think about how to present information using ICT(i) tools)
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Title | Sampling techniques to assess population size |
Topic | [[Topics/Study skills|Study skills]], [[Topics/Sampling|Sampling]] |
Teaching approach | [[Teaching Approaches/Assessment|Assessment]], [[Teaching Approaches/Dialogue|Dialogue]], [[Teaching Approaches/Questioning|Questioning]], [[Teaching Approaches/Language|Language]], [[Teaching Approaches/Group work|Group work]], [[Teaching Approaches/Visualisation|Visualisation]], [[Teaching Approaches/Reasoning|Reasoning]], [[Teaching Approaches/Scientific method|Scientific method]] |
Learning Objectives |
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Format / structure | Each organism has 4 documents where N represents: B (Butterfly), O (Oak), W (Whale) or Z (Zebra) |
Subject | [[Resources/Biology|Biology]], [[Resources/Science|Science]] |
Age of students / grade | [[Resources/KS5|KS5]], [[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]], [[Resources/KS4|KS4]]
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Useful information | Black oak article: http://www.nps.gov/yose/naturescience/black-oaks.htm (US National Park Service) A video on black oaks: http://www.nps.gov/yose/photosmultimedia/ynn17-blackoaks.htm (US National Park Service) Plain Zebra article: http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/4/725.full Sperm Whale article: http://www.oneworldwildlife.org/what_we_do/projects/current/mediterranean |
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Other (e.g. time frame) | Duration: Approximately 1h, see below for more details. |
Files and resources to view and download | The lesson resource is available in WikiText format here Leading questions
Differentiated material for the less able students:
Additional files Scientific articles:
Scientific Differentiated articles:
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