KS4 Science, Maths, Technology
Each Science Scheme of Work is supported by relevant stimulus video and image input together with a corresponding IWB ready supporting Lesson Plan PPT and Student Support Sheets.
Schemes of Work
Choose from the following lessons plans for this age group and category
This lesson plan encourages pupils to learn more about what MRI imaging is, what it does, why it is useful and what it’s like to have a scan. It provides ideas for using the new MRI Scan Experience app and supports teachers in using both the app and other Siemens Education resources to produce an engaging and effective lesson. The MRI Scan Experience app is available on iTunes and Google Play.
The app also supports the PSHE Programme of study intended to understand, recognise, predict and assess risk by recognising risks in different situations and decide how to manage them responsibly.
Topics include:
Velocity, absorption and reflection between different types of waves • Understand the practical uses of electromagnetic waves
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Students are required to use and develop their skills to identify situations in which the effective use of mathematics enables the development of solutions to problems. Students must consider and check their responses are realistic and practical as well as being technically correct.
Topics include:
- Developing fluency
- Reasoning mathematically
- Solving problems
- Communicate information appropriately, and contribute to presentations and discussions.
- Explain how energy can be transferred, stored or dissipated, but not created or destroyed.
- Explain how human activity and natural processes can lead to changes in the environment.
Topics include:
Environment • Electricity and energy • Sustainable energy supply
Understand how MRI scanners produce images; apply their understanding of waves and particles to this application and describe typical uses of MRI images.
The pupils will learn to:
- Develop knowledge and understanding of the relationship between the properties of electromagnetic waves and their uses.
- Use scientific theories, models and evidence to develop hypotheses, arguments and explanations.
- Develop and use models to explain systems, processes and abstract ideas.
Topics include:
Electromagnetic waves
Apply concepts of energy transfer and sustainability to understand and evaluate a system. Produce and modify designs to meet a design brief, and study solutions to learn how other designers have manipulated materials to meet a design brief.
The pupils will:
- Explore how the application of scientific ideas can lead to technological developments and changes in the way people think and behave.
- Share developments and common understanding across disciplines and boundaries.
- Explain that forces are interactions between objects and that they can affect their shape and motion.
Topics include:
Electricity and energy • Forces and motion
- Critically analyse and evaluate evidence from observations and experiments.
- Explore how the application of scientific ideas can lead to technological developments and changes in the way people think and behave.
- Plan and carry out practical, investigative activities (individually and in groups). Obtain and analyse data from primary and secondary sources, and use the findings to provide evidence for scientific explanations.
- Evaluate scientific evidence and methods. Communicate information appropriately and contribute to presentations and discussions.
- Explain how energy can be transferred, stored or dissipated, but not created or destroyed. Explain how human activity and natural processes can lead to changes in the environment.
Topics include:
Energy source and transfer • Electricity and energy
Understand the key features of RailBAM (the acoustic process that analyses noise development in axle bearings as a vehicle passes) and explain where the timing of wheel bearing replacement is critical.
The pupils will need to:
- Critically analyse and evaluate evidence from observations and experiments.
- Explore how the application of scientific ideas can lead to technological developments and changes in the way people think and behave.
Topics include:
Acoustics • Sound waves • Frequency
I can see clearly now
KS4/S3 – Science, design technology and maths
Evaluate the impact of different technologies on society and different technological approaches to a challenge.
Pupils will be asked to:
- Work safely in the lab, field and workplace. Plan and carry out practical, investigative activities (individually and in groups).
- Obtain and analyse data from primary and secondary sources. Use their findings to provide evidence for scientific explanations.
Topics include:
Scientific enquiry • Environment • Electricity and energy
Inspired Bus Company
KS4/S3 Science, design technology and maths
Explore the challenges facing bus designers when producing a bus for an urban environment. Investigate how different solutions can be identified and evaluated, and collaborate to present recommendations for an effective solution.
The pupils will need to:
- Explore how the application of scientific ideas can lead to technological developments and changes in the way people think and behave.
- Use scientific methods and techniques to develop and test ideas/explanations, sharing developments and common understanding across disciplines.
- Work safely in the lab, field and workplace. Plan and carry out practical, investigative activities (individually and in groups).
- Obtain and analyse data from primary and secondary sources. Use the findings to provide evidence for scientific explanations.
- Communicate information appropriately and contribute to presentations and discussions about scientific issues.
- Understand that energy can be transferred, stored or dissipated, but not created or destroyed, and that electric current in circuits can produce a variety of effects.
Topics include:
Energy source and transfer • Electricity, energy and forces
Underwater Energy
KS4/S3 - Science, design and technology
Understand the potential of tidal energy as part of an overall solution and use key features to evaluate the contribution tidal energy might make.
The pupils will need to:
- Plan to test a scientific idea, answer a scientific question, or solve a scientific problem.
- Recall, analyse, interpret, apply and question scientific information or ideas.
- Use both qualitative and quantitative approaches.
- Understand the use of contemporary scientific and technological developments and their benefits, drawbacks and risks.
- Understand that electrical power is readily transferred and controlled, and can be used in various situations.
Topics include:
Environment and sustainability • Electricity and energy transfer • Forces
Lean Machines
KS4/S3 - Technology
Identify key features of a production line process. Consider how it can be made more effective using a simulated process to reflect on the concept of "just-in-time manufacturing" and "lean manufacturing".
The pupils will have to:
- Actively engage in design processes to develop as effective and independent learners.
- Combine skills with knowledge and understanding to design and make a quality product.
- Analyse existing products and produce practical solutions to needs and opportunities, recognising their impact on quality of life.
- Develop decision-making skills through individual and collaborative work.
- Develop creativity and critical analysis skills through making links between the principles of good design, existing solutions and technological knowledge.
Topics include:
Creativity & design • Product assembly • Lean production & just-in-time manufacturing
Totally in control
KS4/S3 technology and maths
Identify how sequences of commands can be used to run equipment and how logic operation can respond to inputs and control outputs.
The pupils will need to:
- Share developments and common understanding across disciplines and boundaries.
- Plan and carry out practical, investigative activities (individually and in groups).
Topics include:
Scientific enquiry • Systems and controls
A Case to Resolve
KS4/S3 – Design and technology
Understand how systems are developed to meet certain requirements. Apply ideas about waves, such as light and x-rays, to develop solutions to problems. Use logical reasoning to analyse the outcomes from a process.
The pupils will be asked to:
- Consider how systems are developed, and apply ideas about waves to develop solutions to problems.
- Use logical reasoning to analyse the outcomes from a process.
Topics include:
Electronics • Systems and controls • Processes
Keeping it lean and mean
KS4/S3 - technology
Explore the characteristics of a production system and consider how to make it more efficient. Understand the principles of "lean" and "just-in-time" production.
The pupils will need to:
- Respond creatively to briefs, developing their own proposals and producing specifications for products and associated services.
- Generate, develop and communicate ideas in a number of ways, using appropriate strategies.
- Recognise that there are moral, cultural, economic, environmental and sustainability issues inherent in design and technology.
Topics include:
Creativity and design • Product assembly • Lean production & just-in-time manufacturing
Sustainability
KS4/S3 - Technology and others
Developed by Ben Hazzard of Burnage Media Arts College, this lesson plan and associated activities aim to provide pupils with an opportunity to understand sustainability and what is required for a company to become sustainable.
The pupils will be asked to:
- Analyse current companies/products and evaluate their sustainability
Topics include:
Sustainability • Environment