Year 6 Science Spring One Week Six Lesson One
Learning Objective Lesson 2	Lesson Plan Parachutes
Science Question How does the area of a parachute (in cm^2) affect how long it takes for the parachute to reach the ground in seconds? ICT L.O. To know how to create a bar graph for use within a science experiment	See Mr Dale’s planning for detailed science objectives. You will need to carry this out elsewhere, collect information and then input it on the computer. Average and High ability pupils should be able to create the spreadsheet themselves and graph the results using a scatter graph. Low ability pupils can work from the spreadsheet template on the Year 6 Science Resources called Parachute before creating their own graph. First column should be area of parachutes (don’t type in cm^2 after the number or Excel will think the cell is not a number cell) Second column would be time taken to drop in seconds (don’t type in the secs after the number or Excel will think the cell is not a number cell) Highlight column headings and all the data in those two or more columns to make the graph. (don’t highlight any extra columns with no data in them or you will get an inaccurate graph) Create the graph as a bar graph
ICT Skills	Resources	Notes	Able & SEN Support
Using the chart wizard Inputting data into a spreadsheet	Parachute (Learning Resource inside Year 6 Science Resources	I would book Year 6 and Staffroom banks of computers (18 computers) and work in pairs	SEN pupils use Parachute (Learning Resource inside Year 6 Science Resources)