Conductors and Insulators - Explained and Tested

This action-packed lesson on the relationship between resistance and current is fully resourced and differentiated with 13 activities including starter, plenary, exit ticket quiz plus homework and 9 learning outcomes.

Easy to follow instructions are given on the PowerPoint and worksheets so that the lesson practically runs itself.

The activities include literacy, group work, peer assessment, self-assessment, pupil response to assessment, feedback to teacher on pupil learning via the exit ticket quiz and a practical.

This pack contains material for two hours lesson time in total to enable the teacher to select and totally bespoke their lesson according to pupil ability, time available for the topic and focus of departmental/school policy. Resources not used in the lesson can be additional homework or used for pre-examination revision.

An easy to follow one-page flow chart lesson plan indicates where logical choices between resources can be made and indicates whether each activity includes literacy, oracy or AFL.

Objective

• To know that conductors conduct electricity and non-metals do not.
• To know that metals are conductors and non-metals are insulators.
• To be able to design a test circuit and results table.
• To explain why some materials are conductors.

Resources

• Animated 11 slide PowerPoint- includes exit ticket /plenary quiz
• Cut and stick
• Anticipation guide(starter and plenary)
• Flip It
• Taboo Cards
• Worksheet for practical
• Fact sheet
• Foldable
• Fact Share Worksheet
• Exit ticket template
• ABC card template
• 4 Differentiated homework/classwork worksheets
• Flow chart lesson plan
• PowerPoint with answers /detailed mark schemes for homework/classwork sheets-pupils of all abilities can self-assess or   peer assess.

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