Introduction: Assess prior knowledge

Share learning intentions and outcomes

Create an enthusiasm for learning and the reason for the lesson

Lesson Activities and Resources

Break the lesson into several ‘chunks’

Each ‘chunk’ is an activity Can be teacher centred or learner centred or both

Introduction

Main activities (several)

Plenary/ review of learning

Example plenary activity: What’s the story?

Given a number of key terms, learners are asked to produce a short paragraph using all/ most/ some of them in the correct context. This removes the ‘cognitive load’ of AO1 (recalling key words) and facilitates their demonstration of higher-level skills (AO2).

Examples include: acid, alkali, pH, high, low refraction, total internal reflection, critical angle, normal