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1 3 Recap the arrangement of Group/indiv VA Through Counters
particles in a solid liquid and gas. questioning to draw
Draw diagrams and write round
sentences about how the
particles are arranged and move.
Role play the difference
between S,L & G.

2&3 1&2 Light & Dark experiment, how Group VK W/S 2 W/S 2
quickly do flasks that are shiny Flasks,
and matt cool down (they cool kettle,
quicker when hottest)? Why are thermome
different fabrics used for ters
different occasions?
Vocabulary in these sessions: H&S Opportunities to work on
Literacy, Numeracy and ICT.
Thermometer, thermal, radiation infrared, transfer, Some students may need help Reading scales and generating a
vacuum, absorb, absorber emit, emitter with their experimental work graph from results

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4-6 11-15 Plan and safely carry out an Group VARK Successful Cups kettle,
experiment to find out which completion of plan thermometer,
cools more quickly tea in a and task stop watch
black cup or tea in a white
cup?

7 4 Role play to explain how Group VAK Through Candles, rods

conduction and convection questioning and beaker &
work in transferring heat, iPad commentary stand
Candle heating a beaker
containing dye to show the
conv. current. Film on the iPad
then pupils to record a
commentary to show
understanding.
Vocabulary in these sessions: H&S Opportunities to work on
Thermometer, thermal, radiation infrared, transfer, Literacy, Numeracy and ICT.
vacuum, absorb, absorber emit, emitter, reflector, Some students may need help
conduction, convection, insulation with their experimental work Literacy skills to describe
processes, and plotting graphs

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8 4&5 Recap on definitions of Pairs VARK W/S 4 W/S 4
Conduction & convection. Demo
tissue paper over a candle flame
& ice cold beaker becomes
covered in condensation.
Set up “washing lines!”

9 5 Comparing rates of evap for Pairs VARK Completion of % cloth

screwed up cloth and cloth calculations squares,
spread out. Weigh the mass of stands
cloth before & after in each scales
case calculators
Calculate % of water lost in
each case. How does evap cool
humans down?

Vocabulary in these sessions: H&S Opportunities to work on

Literacy, Numeracy and ICT.
Condensation, convection, Conduction, Evaporation Some students may need help calculations of % water losses
with their experimental work

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10 6&7 Factors which affect the pairs VAK through W/S 6
rate at which an object questioning beakers,
transfers energy by heating. completion of Kettle
Discuss the design of W/S 6 and Thermometers
radiators both in the home completion of the
and in cars. Why do heat graph
proof mats work under
candles and hot pans etc.
Then compare the rate of
cooling for boiling water and
for warm water over 10 mins
and plot on a line graph.

Vocabulary in these sessions: H&S Opportunities to work on Literacy,

Numeracy and ICT.
Rate, transfer, surface area Some students may need help
with their experimental work

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11 7&8 Recap on temp differences and Indv AR W/S 7 & 8 W/S 7&8
how they affect transfer rates.

How many ways can heat be lost iPad

from a home? How can you stop research
this?
Practical use of this knowledge
to insulate a home ie U-values
which measure how effective a
material is as an insulator.
The lower the U-value, the
better the material is as an
insulator. (page 14)

Vocabulary in these sessions: H&S Opportunities to work on

Literacy, Numeracy and ICT.
Insulate, thermostat, draft proofing, double glazing Some students may need help
with their experimental work

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12 9 What are the 7 different Indv AR W/S 9
forms of energy? List and draw
cartoons to explain them (heat,
light, electrical, kinetic,
potential, chemical, sound).
Energy can’t be made or lost
only transferred from one form
to another some of which are
“useful and some are not”

Vocabulary in these sessions: H&S Opportunities to work on

Literacy, Numeracy and ICT.
heat, light, electrical, kinetic, potential, chemical, Some students may need help
sound with their experimental work

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12 10 What happens to the energy Group VAR W/S 10 W/S 10
that is not “usefully”
converted? What form does
wasted energy normally take
and what is meant by energy
efficiency?

13 Sankey Diagrams

Vocabulary in these sessions: H&S Opportunities to work on

Literacy, Numeracy and ICT.
heat, light, electrical, kinetic, potential, chemical, Some students may need help Calculations of % efficiencies
sound, transferred, energy conservation “wasted with their experimental work
energy”

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