Time Learning activity with opportunity Assessment Learning Outcome Resources Learning objective taken to develop skills opportunities Monomers are the 0.2 Explain what a Learning activities: Rich questions: smaller units from which weeks monomer and GCSE baseline assessment During larger molecules are polymer are. present pictures of biological process/group of made. Identify some molecules and ask for processes are biological polymers identification of monomer polymers Polymers are molecules and the monomer repeating units hydrolysed in the made from a large from which they are introduce biological polymers body into number of monomers made. and their monomers, including monomers? joined together. Explain the concept hydrolysis and condensation What catalyses of condensation word equations to summarise. hydrolysis in the Monosaccharides, and hydrolysis body? acids and nucleotides reactions in Skills developed by learning are examples of forming/breaking activities: monomers. down polymers. AO1 Demonstration of – knowledge of scientific ideas. A condensation reaction joins two molecules together with the formation of a chemical bond and involves the elimination of a molecule of water. A hydrolysis reaction breaks a chemical bond between two molecules and involves the use of a water molecule.
Learning objective Time taken Learning Outcome Learning activity with opportunity to develop skills Assessment opportunities Resources Monomers are the smaller units from which larger molecules are made. Polymers are molecules made from a large number of monomers joined together. Monosaccharides, acids and nucleotides are examples of monomers. A condensation reaction joins two molecules together with the formation of a chemical bond and involves the elimination of a molecule of water. A hydrolysis reaction breaks a chemical bond between two molecules and involves the use of a water molecule. 0.2 weeks Explain what a monomer and polymer are. Identify some biological polymers and the monomer from which they are made. Explain the concept of condensation and hydrolysis reactions in forming/breaking down polymers. Learning activities: GCSE baseline assessment present pictures of biological molecules and ask for identification of monomer repeating units introduce biological polymers and their monomers, including hydrolysis and condensation word equations to summarise. Skills developed by learning activities: AO1 – Demonstration of knowledge of scientific ideas. Rich questions: During process/group of processes are polymers hydrolysed in the body into monomers? What catalyses hydrolysis in the body?
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