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Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 3: Warmer, colder

Using a thermometer to measure temperature and inputting data into a spreadsheet.

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Learning objective

To input data in a spreadsheet.

Success criteria

I can read temperatures using a thermometer.
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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

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Cross-curricular links

Science

Animals, including humans

Pupils should be

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Three, two, one and allow time for paired discussion about living conditions on the International Space Station.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could input the temperature data only; could input data for only three locations.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should add borders to their spreadsheet tables and experiment with text size and colour; should explain the importance of data collected by sensors for the astronauts’ health and safety.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: reading the correct temperature

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Vocabulary definitions

astronaut

Someone who is trained to control a spacecraft.
data

Information used for a specific purpose or investigation.

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In this unit

Assessment - Computing Y2: International Space Station

Lesson 1: Homes in space

Lesson 2: Space bag

Lesson 3: Warmer, colder

Lesson 4: Experiments in space

Lesson 5: Goldilocks planets

Originally created by:

Richard Williams

Computing specialist

Richard is a Year 6 Teacher at St. Pancras Primary School. Richard’s passion for teaching was recognised when he received Suffolk’s ‘Raising The Bar’ award for Innovation 2016. With his class he made the world’s first guided VR:360 school tour and also a…

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