NEW Sequence of lessons for the third edition of Thinking Science
During a dozen years of developing Thinking Science in North Yorkshire, teachers
demanded a more flexible approach to using the lessons. After trials and consultation
the following advice was provided for schools.
Inappropriate or difficult lessons to resource
(The numbers corresponding to the activities in the second edition are in brackets)
The Lessons
1 What varies?
2 Two variables
3 What sort of relationship?
4 The 'fair' test
5 Roller ball
6 Making, groups
7 More classifying: birds
8 Gears and scaling
9 The wheelbarrow
10 Trunks and twigs
11 The balance beam
12 Current, length and thickness
13 Bean growth 1
14 Bean growth 2
15 Multiple choices
16 Interaction
17 Spinning coins
18 Tea tasting
19 The behaviour of woodlice
20 Treatments and effects
21 Sampling: fish in a pond
22 Throwing dice
23 Explaining states of matter
24 Explaining solutions
25 Explaining chemical reactions
26 Pressure
27 Floating and sinking
28 Up hill and down dale
29 Divers
30 Equilibrium in the balance
Short Name
Relationships
Carousel
Springs 'n' Oil
Tubes
Roller Ball
Groups
More Groups
Wheelbarrow
Twigs
Balance Beam
Wires
Beans
Tea Tasting
Carrots
Fish Pond
States of Matter
Solutions
Chemical Reactions
Rods 'n' Sand
Float or Sink
Cars on 2 hills
Schema
Variables
Variables
Variables
Variables
Variables
Classification
Classification
Proportionality/ratios
Proportionality
Inverse proportions
Inverse proportions
Inverse proportions
Probability
Probability
Combinations
Variables
Probability
Probability
Correlation
Correlation
Probability
Probability
Formal models
Formal models
Formal models
Compound variables
Compound variables
Equilibrium
Compound variables
Equilibrium
NB activity number 12 from the second edition has been deleted from the third edition.
Old
(1)
(2)
(4)
(3)
(5)
(21)
(22)
(6 & 7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(7a)
(7b)
(14)
(16)
(13)
(15)
(17)
(18)
(19)
(20)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
(28)
(30)
(29)
The new lesson sequence and the implications for teaching
Year 7 - 1 to 5 in a starter
fortnightly sequence.
1
Relationships
2
Carousel
3
Springs 'n' Oil
4
Tubes
5
Roller Ball
6
Groups
7
More Groups
9
10
11
12
13
18
20
21
Strands
Biology - Sampling and probability
13
Beans
18
Tea Tasting
21
Fish Pond
Chemistry - Formal models
23
States of Matter
24
Solutions
25
Chemical Reaction
Physics - Compound variables
26
Rods 'n' Sand
27
Float or Sink
- Compensation and equilibrium
11
Balance Beam
12
Wires
28
Cars on 2 Hills
Year 8
Wheelbarrow
Twigs
Balance Beam
Wires
Beans
Tea Tasting
Carrots
Fish Pond
23
24
25
26
27
28
Year 9
States of Matter
Solutions
Chemical Reactions
Rods 'n' Sand
Float or Sink
Cars on 2 Hills