Year 5 Lesson plans

Unit 5f Monitoring environmental conditions and changes

Lesson 1 - Making Sense of it all

Lesson 2 - Slight Changes

Lesson 3 - In The Charts

Lesson 4 - P-p-pick up a Penguin

Lesson 5 - See The Light

Lesson 6 - Dawn 'Till Dusk

Lesson 7 - Does it Make Sense?

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Support Files

General Resources

• Sensing Science Primary Demo Software
• About The Software
• Data Logging and Ecolog Manual
• Class Assessment Sheet (pdf)
• Class Assessment Sheet (Word Doc)

Lesson 1

• Intro to data logging and sensing science.ppt
• Video of sensors working
• Are Your Hands Warmer Than Mine? Teachers notes
• Are Your Hands Warmer Than Mine? Pupil sheet

Lesson 2

• Intro to data logging and sensing science.ppt
• How Bright / How Dark? teachers notes
• How Bright / How Dark? pupil sheet
• How Bright / How Dark? pupil sheet (easier)
• How Noisy / How Quiet? teachers notes
• How Noisy / How Quiet? pupil sheet
• How Noisy / How Quiet? pupil sheet (easier)

Lesson 3

• 'Match It' game
• Graph of Noise
• 'In The Charts'
• Temperature chart

Lesson 4

• Penguin Experiment worksheet
• Heat Loss Prevention lesson plan
• Heat Loss Prevention pupil sheet
• Penguin video (swf file)
• Penguin video (wmv)

Lesson 5

• What Happens Next? Teachers notes
• What Happens Next? Pupil sheet
• Cloud shapes to cut out

Lesson 6

• Our Experiment (word document)

Lesson 7

• Sunlight animation

Unit 5f