Week 5 - 27.11.23

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Weekly Planning

Academic Year: 2023/2024 Week Beginning: 27th November 2023

Year Group/Teacher: Year 6 Unit/Topic: Forces

Day Learning Objective Introduction Main Teaching Independent task Differentiation/TA Role Plenary Learning
Outcome
including key questions
Lesson● I can describe air Have you ever What is friction? Does friction Partner work Pictures are included in Based on their Understand that
1-2 resistance as a type watched someone occur between solid things the activity sheet to help knowledge let them air resistance is a
of frictional force go skydiving, even in only? EAL children come up how bullet force that slows
that slows down a movie or a short Students work in pairs, trains and objects travelling
Explain that frictional forces
objects that move in video? If so, you may discuss the activity and aeroplanes reduce through air.
can also occur between a solid
air. have noticed that then write the answer Extension: air resistance
object and a fluid. A fluid is a
the person skydiving in the exercise books. (streamlined
● liquid or a gas. Air resistance is
is falling extremely shapes)
the frictional force that Ask students to use
fast — until the
I can explain that air opposes an object’s motion The early finishers create
parachute is arrows to show the
resistance depends through the air. a poster defining air
deployed. Once the direction and size of
on the surface area, resistance and describing
parachute opens up, the air resistance.
shape, and speed of When drawing force diagrams, the factors that affect it.
the skydiver begins Under each pair let
an object the arrow showing air
to slow down as they them write a sentence
resistance should point in the
finish their entry to say what the air
opposite direction to the
back onto the resistance does. Say
movement of an object.
I can compare ways earth’s surface. whether they think the
in which air air resistance is useful
resistance can be Have you ever or is a problem.
increased and wondered how that
decreased. happens?

How does a skydiver


slow down when the
parachute is opened,
instead of falling at
the same speed?

I can identify the STEM Reinforce that gravity causes Explain the context of LA- Children are provided Children come to I can explain how
effects of air objects of the same size and the investigation using with prompts to complete their conclusion in air resistance
Resources:
resistance shape but of different mass to the Lesson the activity sheet. the form of a report affects moving
Plastic sheets, such fall at the same rate. Discuss Presentation. Ensure on the differentiated objects.
MA- Children are provided
as bin bags or plastic Galileo’s experiment and how children understand Super Skydiving
with some prompts to
I can explain how air bags it proves this. (Children may how to make their
help them complete the Report Activity
resistance affects find this hard to grasp as air different parachutes. I can plan and
Paper activity sheet. Sheet. Can children
moving objects resistance often causes objects Children discuss the conduct an
explain the effects
with less mass to fall more possible variables, then HA- Children complete the investigation into
Card of air resistance on
slowly.) Children discuss how reveal the suggestions activity sheet with the effects of air
moving objects?
String when a feather and a hammer on the Lesson minimal prompts and resistance.
I can plan and
fall on the Moon, they land at Presentation. They explain their prediction, Children use the key
conduct an Sticky tape the same time due to no air should make their own referring to air resistance. words to complete
investigation into
Objects to attach to resistance. Use the Lesson decisions about how to the sentences.
Lesson the effects of air
the parachutes, e.g. Presentation to explain the plan the experiment Children complete
3-5 resistance.
paper effects of air resistance, and and record their the sentences and
Differentiated Perfect
how this affects objects falling choices and their make a
Parachutes Activity Sheet
clips, toy figures or when on Earth. Children prediction on the generalisation about
modelling clay discuss the useful and differentiated Perfect the type of
unhelpful effects of air Parachutes Activity parachute that
Measuring sticks
resistance using the diagrams Sheet, then conduct would create the
Stopwatch on the their investigation. most air resistance.
Lesson Presentation. Children complete Children write their
their results on the own
activity sheet.
conclusion and
generalisation

Lesson I can draw and label Review what a force What can forces exerted on an Students draw arrows Help LA students Students write a Most students
6-7 forces acting upon is and let children object cause? Listen to what and label forces acting story like the one in can identify
objects name different types children offer. Then watch the upon objects. the Talk about forces acting on
of forces we have video. Forces Activity Sheet an object.
explored in this unit. in this lesson,
Forces That Cause Change |
I can explore how They should give an including different
Forces & Motion | Physics |
forces can change example for each forces acting on All students can
one.
the direction and FuseSchool objects. define forces as
speed of an object pushes and pulls.

I can calculate the


resultant force Explain that a number of forces
can be acting on something at
the same time. Look at the
picture of an aeroplane below,
multiple forces are acting on it:

the downward pull of gravity;


the forward push from the
engines; the upward pull
Key/New Words:
provided by the lift from the
wings; the pushing force of the
air which resists the plane as it
Force, push, pull, moves. The direction of a force
gravity, air can be shown by an arrow. We
resistance, water can show how strong one force
Resistance, friction. is compared to another by
using different-sized arrows.
(science forces activity pack)

Homework Task:

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