Topic Planning science Level Various

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Outcomes To provide a framework to support teachers to plan science lessons.

EPIBA: a simple approach to support lesson planning in science

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Assessment EPIBA What? Why? Time Example
(min)
Assessment E Engage Motivate students – 3-5
for learning (often the provide them with an
should run Do it Now) opportunity to succeed as
throughout soon as they enter the
classroom and
recap/consolidate key
knowledge from the
previous lesson.
Introduce learning objective–
*looking at
student work Key words:

*questioning Knowledge outcomes: Skills outcomes:

* mini-white
boards

*peer
assessment P Prior Check misconceptions and 10
learning assess prior knowledge so
check and that the rest of the lesson
set-up can be pitched correctly.

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 I Introduce Introduce new knowledge. 10
Assessment new Begin with a concrete idea
for learning knowledge or simple context so that
should run you start from what your
throughout students already know.
Modelling is important
here.

B Build new Students have the 15

content opportunity to practice
*looking at what they have learnt in
student work
the introduce section to
consolidate learning and
*questioning develop understanding.

A Apply new Students have the 15

* mini-white content opportunity to apply
boards
what they have learnt to
new situations. This will
*peer assess understanding and
assessment consolidate
understanding.

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