Gases Around Us

Recognise that air is a material and that it is one of a range of gases which have important uses, that liquids evaporate to form gases and that gases change shape and flow from place to place;

Teacher background knowledge

QCA/DfES schemes of work for this unit. Learning objectives / outcomes, vocabulary, resources and suggested activities.

Support materials for this QCA unit. Available as a word document from the 4S (Surrey) website. Still there, but you need to register first.  It is free to register and you'll be able to access some other very useful resources.

Key knowledge and progression of ideas. Selected pages from the 4S document above. Very valuable for teachers developing thinking skills in science (Word)

Part of the Chem4Kids website. So there may be useful teaching material here too.

Teaching sites

BBC science clip Brilliant for use on interactive whiteboard / data projector too.

Virtual Experiment 5 & 6 e-learning available online for LGfL users

Science Essentials Web pages from the Channel 4 site deal with this unit.

Changing solid to a gas Multimedia site showing effect of heat on molecules

Air junk, specks flecks and particles in the air Good starting point for pupil investigations

Change of State Particle theory animations alongside a line graph showing melting and boiling points. Most suitable for G&T pupils. From the Footprints science website

Solids, liquids and gases Flash animations and printable resources (as part of science year)

Smelling perfume An explanation of how a smell diffuses through the air

Video resources

BBC Learning Zone  There are some excellent clips to use in the classroom linked to this topic. Search under the Investigating heading too !!

States of Matter Bit like a Royal Institution lecture in parts, but with some challenging questions for pupil talk and great images. Use the parts that deal with gases You will need RealPlayer to view these videos.

Science Tube - What stuff does  Aiming to bring the WOW factor back into teaching and learning. From the Teachers' TV website

Science - Gases    Introducing solid, liquid and gas in terms of particle theory and compressibility.  A demonstration clip available from the WSLR introductory page. 

Powerpoint

States of matter Flash animation from Education using Powerpoint website. Download as a zip file

Changes of state Flash animation from Education using Powerpoint website. Download as a zip file

Use ICT in teaching

Talent guidance Look at Lewisham's guidance on ICT activities for this QCA science unit in their Year 5 listing

Loan Data - logging equipment from the PDC and measure temperature electronically (find out more)

Easiteach resources

Gases around us dominoes. A domino game that challenges pupils to use their thinking skills Download this file

Instructions for using these dominoes in the classroom (Word)

Gases around Us Includes video clip, concept cartoon and statement building activity May take some time to download at 1.8MB Download this lesson

Creative context

An evil scientist wants to destroy the world by producing carbon dioxide. Save file Smart Notebook file

Virtual Experiment Resources

Resources to use with the virtual experiments for this unit. The virtual experiments are available online through the LGfL. Visit the LGfL site. Photocopy double sided. Supports group discussion when making predictions

Prediction cards for investigating insulators - activity (Word)

Prediction cards for investigating insulators - extension (Word)

Lesson Plans / Worksheets

A focussed Sc1 activity from Astra-Zeneca, enables assessment of one of the Sc1 strands - contributes to an overall Sc1 NC level at the end of the year. Visit this site to find out more

Science vocabulary

Label templates (Word) A covenient way to have large print copies of key vocabulary. Simply type in and print off ! Useful for lesson introduction and plenary

Key vocabulary cards for this unit Developed in one Haringey school for you to use/modify as needed

Sc1 Glossary for Y5 (Word) Sc1 key vocabulary to be taught in Y5. A great resource from Sheffield's science site.

Concept Mapping (find out more)

An example of one approach: Pupil 'worksheet' (Word) Key words (Word) and Relationship words (Word) to be cut into 'cards', arranged, stuck down on a blank sheet of paper and annotated to represent the pupils' understanding

IWB Easiteach version of the same resource can be downloaded

A completed (Easiteach) example, for teacher reference, is also available (take a look)

An example of pupils' work Concept map on A3 sheet. Paired work

Whole class introduction on how to build a concept map (Word)

Topic revision

Card loop game Available from Sheffield's primary science website (Word)

Inclusion

EMA team Inclusive Unit An annotated version of the QCA unit, to help teachers include African Carribean history and culture in their teaching.

Garret A Morgan (1877 - 1963) Black Scientist. Although best known as the inventor of traffic lights, he also invented a gas mask.

Rufus Stokes (1924 - 1986) Black inventor who patented an air purification device.

Meredith Gourdine (1929 - retired) Black scientist who developed gas dispersion techniques.