Element Purpose Timing Summary Hook To create a 5 Discuss as a class: What is the meaning of dialogue about minutes religious Creation stories? Which religious science and texts do pupils know about? (Bible, Qur’an religion etc). Why do people watch science shows on TV that are about How the Universe began? Have pupils seen any science shows on this? What ideas were discussed? Starter To identify what 5 Ask pupils to discuss in pairs how they make students think minutes sense of the ideas from science and religion about how science when thinking about how the Universe and religion work began. Ask some pairs to describe their together discussions to the class. Investigation To allow children 15 Give out Detective Sheet 1: Experiment. Be a to do an minutes scientist and do experiments in small groups experiment and with diet cola and sweets. NB experiment record their works best with diet cola because it doesn’t observations. have sugar so it is easier to clean up. Plenary To consider the 20 Use Science and Creation PowerPoint to show idea that Science minutes evolution and the creation story. Look at an and Faith focus on example of descriptive text and discuss if different questions. science and faith can fit together. To encourage 15 Give out Detective Sheet 2: Writing. Compare children to see that minutes writing styles by making a poem about your texts in different favourite food and then writing instructions styles may have on how to make it. different purposes and allow children to write their own examples Detective Sheet 1: Experiment 1) What happens when sweets are dropped into diet cola?
Element Purpose Timing Summary Hook To create a dialogue about science and religion 5 minutes Discuss as a class: What is the meaning of religious Creation stories? Which religious texts do pupils know about? (Bible, Qur’an etc). Why do people watch science shows on TV that are about How the Universe began? Have pupils seen any science shows on this? What ideas were discussed? Starter To identify what students think about how science and religion work together 5 minutes Ask pupils to discuss in pairs how they make sense of the ideas from science and religion when thinking about how the Universe began. Ask some pairs to describe their discussions to the class. Investigation To allow children to do an experiment and record their observations. 15 minutes Give out Detective Sheet 1: Experiment. Be a scientist and do experiments in small groups with diet cola and sweets. NB experiment works best with diet cola because it doesn’t have sugar so it is easier to clean up. Plenary To consider the idea that Science and Faith focus on different questions. 20 minutes Use Science and Creation PowerPoint to show evolution and the creation story. Look at an example of descriptive text and discuss if science and faith can fit together. To encourage children to see that texts in different styles may have different purposes and allow children to write their own examples 15 minutes Give out Detective Sheet 2: Writing. Compare writing styles by making a poem about your favourite food and then writing instructions on how to make it. Detective Sheet 1: Experiment 1) What happens when sweets are dropped into diet cola?