3 bespoke resource packs, designed for 5 - 14 year olds, to develop working scientifically skills with a physics focus linked to the theme of Climate Action.
Explore the guided enquiries:
5-7 years: How do we know our climate is changing?
7-11 years: Could reflection of light help tackle climate change?
11-14 years: How transparent is transparent?
Easily adaptable: We’ve provided age-range guidance, however the resources can be easily be adapted for other age groups.
Including opportunities for:
Observing over time
Comparative and fair testing
with support from
Watch a short introduction to the Great Phizzi Share Guided Enquiries
What’s included in the Great Phizzi Share resources?
3 age-related whole-class science guided enquiry using the context of Climate Action.
Off-the-shelf lesson resources including lesson plans, presentations and supplementary pupil resources
Tailored Subject Leaders Notes subject leader notes written by specialists
Why are these great to use?
They support pupils to learn more about physics ideas in the curriculum
They inspire pupil's scientific questions and promote further enquiries using the enquiry process and skills
They support pupils to be more independent when working scientifically
5-7 years - How do we know our climate is changing?
Pupils learn about how climate scientists answer scientific questions by collecting data over time and looking for trends. The enquiry involves pupils gathering weather data, including sun hours, rainfall and measuring air temperature. Using historic weather data from secondary sources they compare their findings and look for trends.
7-11 years - Could reflection of light help tackle climate change?
Pupils learn more about the reflection of sunlight using a comparative test. They explore how this phenomena is used in global geo-engineering solutions to address climate change.
They compare the reflective properties of materials using a simple test to measure the amount of light reflected from their surfaces. They think about how scientists use reflective materials for climate action.
Recommended: Use the Focus Frames and Conclusion Creator to support pupils to think about their questions and data, leading to great conclusions!
9-14 years - How transparent is transparent?
The third Great Phizzi Enquiry focuses on what happens to light when it hits transparent materials and has strong links with the science knowledge and skills that pupils develop between the ages of 9-14. Older learners will be able to apply ideas about absorption, reflection and scattering to explain their findings.
Pupils think about food miles and the advantages of growing and using foods closer to home. They investigate the materials used in polytunnels and their required properties. In this fair test, pupils investigate factors affecting the transparency of a material by changing the number of layers of transparent material and measuring the amount of torch light that passes through them.
Pupils focus on gathering accurate and reliable data, repeating measurements and calculating the mean average of their data set to draw line graphs and identify trends.
“Thanks to The Ogden Trust, pupils across the GSSfS community will have prime opportunity to explore and apply their physics knowledge and skills! The lesson resources have been trialled and refined so that the Great Phizzi Shares really can inspire pupils this year.” Dr Lynne Bianchi, GSSfS Director
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