Lesson Plan

1. Explore finite resources

KS4-17-01

Learning Outcomes

Give examples of how humans use the Earth's resources and describe the difference between finite and renewable resources and give examples

Higher: Can give examples of how humans use the Earth's resources and describe the difference between finite and renewable resources and give examples
Middle:
Lower:

Activities

Mission Starter - Engage

Method:

Lesson Starter: Choose the Mission Starter you wish to use:

  1. Lesson Starter: List how people use water.
  2. Lesson Starter: We need to drink water in order to survive. We also use water in many other ways, such as bathing, swimming, watering the lawn, doing the laundry, etc. What other answers did you list?

Resources:

Lesson Starter Slide

The Story - Explore and Explain

Method:

Answer questions and take part in activities during the presentation. Stop the presentation at the relevant slides: Talk Partners; AfLs; Songs. Take part in the Choral Response Questions activity (see Assessment section) after the Keywords/Rocket Words slide.

Resources:

Presentation Sticky notes

Mission Expert - Explain

Method:

Today's expert film answers the question: What does Thames Water do to help preserve water and treat water as a finite resource?

Resources:

Expert Film Slide

Mission Assignment - Elaborate

Method:

Complete today's handout by extracting and interpreting the information provided about resources from the table.

Mission Assignment:
Research examples of natural products that are supplemented or replaced by agricultural and synthetic products. Present a summary page of research which summarises your findings. If research materials are not available summarise the key facts shared in today’s presentation.

Resources:

Handout provided

Mission Log - Evaluate

Method:

Quiz With their talk partners, the children are to go through the quiz at the end of the presentation and answer the questions. Formative Assessment Forms Students are to complete these forms where present. Assessment Trays Ask the children to place their Handouts, notebooks, Formative Assessment Forms, Investigation Sheets, into either the Discover tray or Explorer tray * Explain that the green tray means that the learner has understood the lesson well, and that the red tray means that the learner needs more time to practise. * use whichever colours of tray you have in stock, or prefer to use for this. Children to take interactive Assessment Quiz to test lesson comprehension.

Resources:

Quiz in presentation Formative assessment forms Assessment trays Interactive quiz

Assessment

Questions to Ask During the Lesson

Define the terms:

  • finite
  • renewable.

Explain the differences between the two terms using suitable examples.

Teacher Mastery

Humans use the Earth’s resources to provide warmth, shelter, food and transport.

Natural resources, supplemented by agriculture, provide food, timber, clothing and fuels.

Finite resources from the Earth, oceans and atmosphere are processed to provide energy and materials.

Chemistry plays an important role in improving agricultural and industrial processes to provide new products. It’s also important in sustainable development, which is development that meets the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Curriculum Fields

National Curriculum

Humans use the Earth’s resources to provide warmth, shelter, food and transport. Natural resources, supplemented by agriculture, provide food, timber, clothing and fuels. Finite resources from the Earth, oceans and atmosphere are processed to provide energy and materials. Chemistry plays an important role in improving agricultural and industrial processes to provide new products. It’s also important in sustainable development, which is development that meets the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Working Scientifically Skills

Communicating the scientific rationale for investigations, including the methods used, the findings and reasoned conclusions, using paper-based and electronic reports and presentations