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GROW Science · six-week lesson pack

Twelve complete 40-minute lessons for Weeks 8–13: one Explore and one Do lesson each week.

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Start here: open a lesson, teach through the nine full-screen stages, and use the explicit print buttons if paper evidence is needed. Every lesson works offline and reload clears in-page responses.

Six-week sequence

Week 8 · Explore

Day and Night: Sky Shift

Outcome: Explain day and night and the apparent movement of the Sun.

Equipment: Cool LED lamp, globe or ball with a removable marker, four-position evidence sheet and pencil.

Open W8A · Explore

Week 8 · Do

Day and Night: 24-Hour Control Room

Outcome: Explain day and night and the apparent movement of the Sun.

Equipment: Cool LED lamp, marked globe or ball, four-row evidence sheet, arrows and pencil.

Open W8B · Do

Week 9 · Explore

Spherical Bodies: Shape Evidence

Outcome: Describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies.

Equipment: Ball, safe card disc or large counter, viewing mat, three-view recording strip and pencil.

Open W9A · Explore

Week 9 · Do

Spherical Bodies: World Shape Lab

Outcome: Describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies.

Equipment: Large ball, rigid card disc, three-position viewing mat, six-row record and pencil or camera on a school device.

Open W9B · Do

Week 10 · Explore

Solar System Research: Evidence Desk

Outcome: Research and present findings about the Solar System using ICT.

Equipment: The nine local dated source cards in this lesson, a paper or local-page note grid and pencil or school device.

Open W10A · Explore Local source cards

Week 10 · Do

Solar System Presentation: Mission Briefing

Outcome: Research and present findings about the Solar System using ICT.

Equipment: Research record, paper panel or school device, source labels, audience question slip and revision record.

Open W10B · Do

Week 11 · Explore

Climate Chain: From Gas to Warming

Outcome: Describe causes and effects of global warming and how to reduce our impact.

Equipment: Cause, energy and effect cards; arrow strip; pencil; optional calm digital card route.

Open W11A · Explore

Week 11 · Do

Climate Action: Plan, Measure, Improve

Outcome: Describe causes and effects of global warming and how to reduce our impact.

Equipment: Scenario cards; before/after planning mat; pencil; optional local data-strip route.

Open W11B · Do

Week 12 · Explore

Science Connections: Evidence Control

Outcome: Consolidate forces, space and climate; answer scientific questions.

Equipment: Topic cards; evidence cards; three-column response sheet; pencil; optional local card sort.

Open W12A · Explore

Week 12 · Do

Answer Lab: Say It, Support It, Improve It

Outcome: Consolidate forces, space and climate; answer scientific questions.

Equipment: Question cards from forces, space and climate; first/next answer sheet; evidence cards; pencil.

Open W12B · Do

Week 13 · Explore

Rover Rescue: Plan a Fair Test

Outcome: Consolidate and revisit key ideas through investigation.

Equipment: Planning mat; low ramp; trolley or rover; smooth and fabric surfaces; metre rule or tape; start and finish markers.

Open W13A · Explore

Week 13 · Do

Rover Evidence Lab

Outcome: Consolidate and revisit key ideas through investigation.

Equipment: Stable low ramp; same rover; smooth and fabric surface conditions; ruler or tape; six-row table; lane markers.

Open W13B · Do

Lesson grammar

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 ticket · response becomes the next step	Adult receives Voice and chooses one visible next step.	Pupil writes: What I said, and what it changed.

Pack documents

Teacher implementation guide

Timing, access, read-aloud, Lundy closure, printing and offline operation.

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Practicals matrix

Equipment, safety, sensory notes and equivalent digital/no-equipment routes.

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