Science teaching units
These publications are based around strands within the Framework. They include a focus on plant nutrition, light, vision, electricity, force, motion, and change processes
Science teaching units topics
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Science teaching unit – an introduction to light and vision
This teaching sequence is designed for the early part of Key Stage 3. The aim is for pupils to develop a meaningful understanding of ideas relating to light and vision, using ray diagrams.
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Science teaching unit – explaining change processes using a simple particle model of matter
This teaching sequence is designed for Key Stage 3. The aim is for pupils to develop an understanding of a scientific model to describe and explain the properties of matter during physical and chemical change processes, and to be able to use that model to explain change processes.
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Science teaching unit – explaining how electric circuits work
This teaching sequence is designed for the early part of Key Stage 3. The aim is for pupils to develop a meaningful understanding of a scientific model so that they are able to explain the working of electric circuits and can apply their knowledge to a range of simple series and parallel circuits.
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Science teaching unit – force and motion
This teaching sequence is designed for Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 4. The aim is for pupils to review and refine their ideas about forces from Key Stage 3, to develop a meaningful understanding of ways of representing motion (graphically and through calculation) and to make the links between different kinds of motion and forces acting.
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Science teaching unit – key concepts in genetics
This teaching sequence is designed for Key Stage 4. The aim is for pupils to develop a secure understanding of basic genetic concepts which they can then apply or build upon.
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Science teaching unit – modelling matter – the nature of bonding
This teaching sequence is designed for Key Stage 4. To enable pupils to explain a wider range of physical and chemical properties,this sequence extends the simple particle model of matter introduced in ‘Explaining change process using a simple particle model of matter’. By the end of the unit, pupils should be able to use the model of electron configuration to explain ionic, covalent and metallic bonding, and relate bonding to simple physical and chemical properties.
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Science teaching unit – plant nutrition
This teaching sequence is designed for Key Stage 3. The aim is for pupils to develop a simple and coherent understanding of plant nutrition, including the process of photosynthesis.
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Science teaching unit – the biological basis of behaviour
This teaching sequence is designed for Key Stage 4. The aim is for pupils to draw on their existing knowledge to develop a biological understanding of behaviour which can be used to explain biological concepts such as homeostasis, survival and natural selection.
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Science teaching unit – voltage, energy and power in electric circuits
This teaching sequence bridges Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 4. The aim is for pupils to review their ideas and understanding about electric circuits from Key Stage 3 and to develop a meaningful understanding of the concepts of voltage and power, and in particular how they relate to ideas about energy.
