Life, the Atmosphere and Everything A workshop for all specifications Earth Science for KS4 Earth Science Education Unit © The Earth Science Education Unit Copyright is waived for original material contained herein if it is required for use within the laboratory or classroom. Copyright material included from other publishers rests with them.

Life, the atmosphere and everything A workshop for all specifications

Life, the atmosphere and everything Summary This ‘Life, the atmosphere and everything’ workshop offers you a range of activities to help you to teach Earth-related aspects of the new Science GCSE specifications in England and Wales, in particular: Life – aspects of the biological parts of the specifications related to evolution; Atmosphere – the atmosphere and ocean and their evolution, the carbon cycle and possible effects of global warming; Everything – well, not quite – but activities that help with the chemistry of limestone, cement and concrete, and physics-related activities on energy supplies and radioactive decay and dating. The workshop allows you to sample a range of these interactive activities related directly to your specification. Try them with your students and enhance their lives, their atmospheres and – well – everything!

Life, the atmosphere and everything Workshop outcomes The workshop and its activities provide the following outcomes: an introduction to a series of activities designed to strengthen the teaching of the Earth science-related aspects of KS4 biology, chemistry and physics teaching; activities focussed particularly on: –the fossil evidence for evolution and Darwin’s involvement in evolution theory; –evidence for the evolution of the atmosphere and impacts on climate change; –Earth materials; –energy supplies; –radioactivity. a wide range of teaching approaches, including practical and electronic simulations; approaches to activities designed to develop the thinking and investigational skills of students; insights into many of the Earth-related concepts commonly taught to secondary pupils through the KS4 National Curriculum for Science, as laid out in the GCSE Science specifications.

Life, the atmosphere and everything The activities covered by this ‘Life, the atmosphere and everything’ workshop are appropriate for the current GCSE Science specifications, as below: ESEU ‘Life, the atmosphere and everything’ activity AQA ‘A’ AQA ‘B’ EDEX- CEL OCR ‘A’ 21 st C OCR ‘B’ Gate- way WJEC ‘A’ WJEC ‘B’ Applied WJEC Sep. science CCEA single CCEA double LIFE What is a fossil?B1 C1B3, C3B2 2AB1 The washing line of timeB11 B3B2 2A Evolution in action: the evolution of the horseB1 B3B2 Did a meteorite kill the dinosaurs? B1 P2 How life works: putting together Darwin’s big ideaB1 B3B2 1B The evolution of evolutionB1 B3B2 1B Deep timeC1 B3 2A ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN A year in the domeB11 B3B2 C1B11 1BB1 Our evolving atmosphere (balls in trays)C11 1 1BC2 The ‘Do it yourself’ evolving atmosphere (Excel)C11 1 1BC2 The PowerPoint evolution of the atmosphereC11 1 1BC2 The E-carbon cycleB11 C1, P2B2 C1B11 1BB1 Melting ice and sea level change P2 1 Global climate change summaryC13 P2B2 P2C11, 3 1BB1 FROM THE EARTH Material linkC12 C2 ‘Concrete’ crush testC12 C2 The limestone enquiry, 21 st CenturyC11, 2C1 C2 C3 C2 ENERGY Geothermal energy – renewable?P12 P3P2 Energy crisis – what energy crisis?P12 P3P2 1 3AP1 Oil and natural gas UK – did they get it right? 2 C1 3BC2 RADIOACTIVITY Radioactive countdownAQA Add- itional EDEX CEL Add- itional OCR ‘A’ Add- itional OCR ‘B’ Add- itional P1WJEC Add- itional 2A, 3BP2 C=Chemistry, B=Biology, P=Physics

Life, the atmosphere and everything Think through the processes using this wide range of activities: What is a fossil? The washing line of time Evolution in action: the evolution of the horse Did a meteorite kill the dinosaurs? How life works: linking up Darwin’s big idea The evolution of evolution headlines Deep Time A year in the dome Our evolving atmosphere The ‘Do it yourself’ evolving atmosphere The PowerPoint evolution of the atmosphere The E-Carbon Cycle Melting ice and sea level change Global Climate Change Material link ‘Concrete’ crush test The limestone inquiry, 21st Century Geothermal energy – renewable? Energy crisis – what energy crisis? Oil and natural gas UK – did they get it right? Radioactive countdown

Carry out risk assessments before the following activities: Melting ice and sea level change Geothermal Energy – renewable? © Earth Science Education Unit © Chris King

Life, the Atmosphere and Everything A workshop for all specifications Earth Science for KS4 Earth Science Education Unit © The Earth Science Education Unit Copyright is waived for original material contained herein if it is required for use within the laboratory or classroom. Copyright material included from other publishers rests with them.