Made by Matt · BUILD Science
12 complete 40-minute Foundations Science lessons for Weeks 8–13: one Explore and one Do lesson each week.
Outcome: Sugar investigation and Autumn 1 consolidation: skeletons, muscles and nutrition.
Equipment: Four fictional or photocopied nutrition-label cards on the same per-100 g basis; number line; results strip; pencil; optional clean empty packets as visual references.
Open W8A · ExploreOutcome: Sugar investigation and Autumn 1 consolidation: skeletons, muscles and nutrition.
Equipment: Skeleton or labelled diagram; vertebrate/invertebrate cards; safe card-and-split-pin arm model; nutrition/body-job cards; food-group mats; simple food-chain cards; tiered checkpoint sheet.
Open W8B · DoOutcome: Compare and group rocks by their appearance and simple properties.
Equipment: Six teacher-pre-screened coded educational rock specimens or macro cards; white trays; hand lenses; feature tags; two hoops or sorting mats; Rock Comparison Ticket.
Open W9A · ExploreOutcome: Compare and group rocks by their appearance and simple properties.
Equipment: Coded rock specimens or macro cards from W9A; yes/no mats; criterion cards for crystals, grains, bands/planes and holes; Mystery T; Sorting Key Case Card.
Open W9B · DoOutcome: Rocks: test hardness.
Equipment: Two teacher-pretested coded dry rock samples; stable trays; secured blunt scratch jig or teacher demonstration; fixed guide; wipes; hand lens; result card; eye protection where required by local assessment.
Open W10A · ExploreOutcome: Rocks: test hardness.
Equipment: Four teacher-pretested coded dry samples; stable individual trays; secured blunt scratch jig or teacher demonstration; fixed guide; wipes; hand lens; four-row result table; eye protection where assessed.
Open W10B · DoOutcome: Test rocks for whether they let water through (permeability).
Equipment: Cross-section picture cards, water-route arrows, observation cards, three-zone evidence sheet and pencil or communication aid.
Open W11A · ExploreOutcome: Test rocks for whether they let water through (permeability).
Equipment: Staff-built sealed rigs; pre-inspected prepared sample pieces; stable trays; 5 mL needle-free pipettes or syringes; marked collectors; 120-second timer; wipes; result sheet.
Open W11B · DoOutcome: Identify everyday uses of different rocks (links D&T / Construction).
Equipment: Four supplied job briefs, W10 scratch and W11 water evidence icons, property-question grid and pencil or communication aid.
Open W12A · ExploreOutcome: Identify everyday uses of different rocks (links D&T / Construction).
Equipment: Fictional job briefs, candidate evidence matrix, decision sheet, audience question card and pencil or communication aid.
Open W12B · DoOutcome: Plan a simple fair test on rocks; pilot the method ready for the full investigation.
Equipment: Control cards, diagram of staff-built sealed rig, method planner, blank final results table, pilot checklist and pencil or communication aid.
Open W13A · ExploreOutcome: Pilot and revise a simple fair-test method ready for the full rock investigation.
Equipment: One clearly labelled staff-prepared practice rig or fixed pilot log; stable tray; 5 mL needle-free tool; 120-second timer; collector; wipes; method V1/V2 sheet; readiness card.
Open W13B · Do| Stage | Purpose | Evidence rule |
|---|---|---|
| Lesson overview | Orient adults and pupils. | No attainment claim. |
| 🚪 Arrival · retrieve last lesson | Retrieve taught learning. | Read-it-here route included. |
| 🌱 Starter · create the need to know | Commit an unmarked prediction. | Prediction held, not scored. |
| 👩🏫 I Do · picture first | See the first idea modelled. | Model help and limit named. |
| 🤝 We Do · everyone commits | Every pupil answers the hinge. | Retry after feedback. |
| 👩🏫 I Do 2 · connect the second idea | Connect the second idea. | Scientific terms stay visible. |
| 🤝 We Do 2 · interactive lab | Operate the interactive evidence lab. | In-session state only. |
| ✏️ Independent · evidence of learning | Create assessable evidence through an equivalent route. | Supported / Standard / Stretch. |
| 🎫 Exit · adult Audience closes BUILD | Adult receives Voice and chooses one visible next step. | Response is received and changes the next move. |
Timing, access, read-aloud, Lundy closure, printing and offline operation.
Open guideEquipment, safety, sensory notes and equivalent digital/no-equipment routes.
Open matrix