Learning objective

Knowledge:

  • To recognise that daylight hours change across the four seasons.

Working scientifically:

  • To record data in a pictogram.

Success criteria

Knowledge:

  • I can recall

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National curriculum

Science

Seasonal changes

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Odd one out and ask the children to talk to a partner about which image is the odd one out and why. (Easter is the odd one out because it is a religious festival whereas spring and winter are both seasons.)

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could be given a whiteboard with the seasons pre-labelled; could use counters/cubes to represent the daylight hours in each season; could match images from the Resource: Seasonal mornings to season labels, describing the daylight hours in each season, e.g. ‘In winter, it is still dark because the sun has not risen yet’.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should complete the Activity: Interpreting data; could verbally narrate the Pupil video: Daylight hours referencing time, daylight hours, sunrise, sunset, seasons and activities, e.g. ‘The sun rises at eight o’clock in the morning, we have our lunch at midday, the sun goes down at four o’clock, it gets dark early because it is winter’.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: gathering data and using

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Vocabulary definitions

  • conclusion

    A summary of what has been found out.

  • data

    Information collected when observing.

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