Transcript Science Week

Science Week
The Perfect cup of Tea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
eAswvg60FnY
Your Job
Your job is to investigate how to make the
perfect cup of tea. You will be using research
and investigative techniques to come to a
decision on
How to make the best cup of tea!
After three lessons you will be required to
make a presentation on your findings and a
written report.
The written report can be the presentation
material you used.
Part One
Research and complete 3 or 4 slides on Tea,
include info on
Slide 1 a) What is Tea?
b) When was it first used?
c)
When did it come to Europe?
10 minutes
d)
Where did it grow?
e)
Where is it grown now?
Part One
Compare your slide with your neighbours –
can you add anything?
Slide 1 a) What is Tea?
b) When was it first used?
c)
When did it come to Europe?
5 minutes
d)
Where did it grow?
e)
Where is it grown now?
f)
Any ethical problems?
Part Two
Research and complete 3 or 4 slides on Tea, include
info on
Slide 2 a) What cultures revere tea?
b) How is it drunk around the world?
c)
Which way do Britons like their tea?
10 minutes
Part Two
Compare your slide with your neighbours – can
you add anything?
Slide 2 a) What cultures revere tea?
b) How is it drunk around the world?
c)
Which way do Britons like their tea?
5 minutes
Part Three
Research and complete 3 or 4 slides on Tea, include
info on
a) What is considered the best way to have tea?
b) Can you find any research into the best way to
brew tea?
10 minutes
Part Three
Compare your slide with your neighbours – can you ad
anything?
a) What is considered the best way to have tea?
b) Can you find any research into the best way to
brew tea?
5 minutes
Part Four
Homework
Report your Findings
• You must include in your report all of the info
from your first lesson and all the info from your
experiments
• Include conclusions from each experiment
• Graphs and tables from each experiment
• A section on problems you had and
improvements that could be made
• An overall conclusion on the best way to make
tea
• Each Group will have 5 min to present
Levels
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
You can write a simple description of something that you observed, using
tables and bar charts to help present your findings. In practical work you can
select equipment, identify a variable that needs to be controlled, and
recognise a risk in the experiment. You can suggest an improvement to your
method.
You can write a more detailed description using some scientific words. Your
work makes generalisation and simple predictions and you can confidently
name and identify a variety of different events and objects. For practical work
you can identify possible risks to yourself and others and select appropriate
ways of presenting your findings. From results you can identify patterns and
make conclusions. You can suggest improvements to a method, giving
reasons.
You can explain and describe events using scientific words. The work may be
unfamiliar but you use your ideas on energy, forces, particles and cells to
apply your knowledge to different situations. You can identify ethical or moral
issues linked to scientific developments. When planning an investigation you
identify the significant variables and choose which to investigate. You identify
hazards and demonstrate how to reduce the risk. From a set of results you
can identify odd results and explain how they may have occurred. You can
use more than one source of evidence to support your conclusion. You
evaluate your method used making suggestions on how to improve.
You can explain your work using detailed scientific knowledge and
understanding. You make links between the different concepts and are able to
see patterns and trends in the information. You can use models to explain
how abstract ideas can be applied to many different situations. You are happy
to use word equations and line graphs. When planning investigations you use
your knowledge of science, identifying variables and recognising which are
independent and which are dependent. Before practical work you complete a
risk assessment independently. In your evaluation you make good comments
about the quality of your results.
You can explain your work using detailed scientific knowledge, showing an
understanding of how it links with other areas of science. You are happy to
make predictions and use models and analogies to communication your
ideas. You can argue for and against ethical or moral issues linked to scientific
developments. You are gaining confidence with mathematical calculations and
writing formulae equations. You independently plan an investigation to test
an idea from a range of resources. Before practical work you complete a full
risk assessment independently using hazcards. From your work you assess the
strength of evidence, deciding whether it is sufficient to support a conclusion.