Year 1 Lesson Plans Science/D&T Class: Teacher: Date: Lesson: - Materials Lesson objectives: Speaking and listening objectives: To recognise and name common types of materials. To use newly learnt words in a specific and appropriate way. To give reasons why a material may or may not be suitable for a certain purpose. Activity Differentiation Resource house, home, materials, suitable, unsuitable, reason, sturdy, weak Vocabulary: Main: This lesson is planned to fit into a variety of topics/units (History Houses and – Homes, Science Materials, Literacy Traditional and Fairy Tales) – – by reading a traditional version of Three Little Pigs’. Identify the straw, twigs Children to be given the A traditional version of ‘The ‘The and bricks as Q-Why do you think bricks was the best material for opportunity to pass without Three Little Pigs’ ‘materials’. building a sturdy house? Think/pair/Share speaking. The children to sit in a circle and pass around the straw, twigs and bricks and ask the children to think of words to describe the properties of the materials. Give an example to More able pupils to provide two Some straw, twigs and a brick start e.g. twigs are very thin’’ (possibly contrasting) ‘’The properties e.g. twigs are ‘’The Display a selection of other materials on the whiteboard (a range of suitable and very thin but hard.’’ unsuitable) Q-If you were going to build a house, what materials would you use and why? Class Teacher to model a possible response including the use of to justify ‘because’ answer. Q-What makes this a good/bad material for building a house? Key Questions: Q-What are the properties of this material? Q-Where can you find it? Can you find it easily? Q-What happens to this material when it gets wet? Q-Is is a strong material? Activity: Show students a action figure or doll and explain that their job is to create a tiny A selection of different materials. model house for this that must withstand a from a hairdryer. “person” ‘blast’ Scissors, glue, sellotape, masking Children to work in groups of 3 or 4 and explain that you will be looking out for good team tape work and children giving and precise instructions to each other.
Year 1 Lesson Plans Class: Teacher: Date: Lesson: Science/D&T - Materials Lesson objectives: To recognise and name common types of materials. To give reasons why a material may or may not be suitable for a certain purpose. Speaking and listening objectives: To use newly learnt words in a specific and appropriate way. Activity Differentiation Resource Vocabulary: house, home, materials, suitable, unsuitable, reason, sturdy, weak Main: This lesson is planned to fit into a variety of topics/units (History – Houses and Homes, Science – Materials, Literacy – Traditional and Fairy Tales) by reading a traditional version of ‘The Three Little Pigs’. Identify the straw, twigs and bricks as ‘materials’. Q-Why do you think bricks was the best material for building a sturdy house? Think/pair/Share The children to sit in a circle and pass around the straw, twigs and bricks and ask the children to think of words to describe the properties of the materials. Give an example to start e.g. ‘’The twigs are very thin’’ Display a selection of other materials on the whiteboard (a range of suitable and unsuitable) Q-If you were going to build a house, what materials would you use and why? Class Teacher to model a possible response including the use of ‘because’ to justify answer. Q-What makes this a good/bad material for building a house? Key Questions: Q-What are the properties of this material? Q-Where can you find it? Can you find it easily? Q-What happens to this material when it gets wet? Q-Is is a strong material? Activity: Show students a action figure or doll and explain that their job is to create a tiny model house for this “person” that must withstand a ‘blast’ from a hairdryer. Children to work in groups of 3 or 4 and explain that you will be looking out for good team work and children giving and precise instructions to each other. Children to be given the opportunity to pass without speaking. More able pupils to provide two (possibly contrasting) properties e.g. ‘’The twigs are very thin but hard.’’ A traditional version of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ Some straw, twigs and a brick A selection of different materials. Scissors, glue, sellotape, masking tape
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