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Schemes of Work
QCA

Science at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 9L: Pressure and moments
Section 6: Checking progress

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to use ideas about force and pressure to interpret secondary sources

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Provide pupils with resources on relevant devices or situations and ask them to write summaries which link all the key ideas about force and pressure in solids, liquids and gases.
  • show by the links they make that they have grasped the key ideas

Points to note

  • Some pupils may need prompt cards with phrases and sentences they can use in their summaries.

Sections in this unit

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1. a. What is pressure?
2. b. What is pressure?
3. a. What are pneumatics and hydraulics?
4. b. What are pneumatics and hydraulics?
5. c. What are pneumatics and hydraulics?
6. Checking progress
7. a. How do levers work?
8. b. How do levers work?
9. a. How do things balance?
10. b. How do things balance?
11. c. How do things balance?
12. Reviewing work