1. What do you need to prepare a Scheme of Work (SoW)?

2. This Powerpoint looks at the various ideas and items you will need to bring together to develop a Scheme of Work. At the end, it briefly considers how you might think of structuring a sequence of lessons and how you could put your Scheme of Work on paper.

3. Information about the class Age, ability, range What they have studied before Where they are heading

4. Information about the section of the curriculum Which section? Exam syllabus? How concepts develop – a map See e.g. Teaching Secondary Physics Related aspects of Working Scientifically

5. Ideas for teaching approaches Ideas of conceptual difficulties See e.g. SPT materials (via TalkPhysics)

6. Management information Time, number of lessons, rooms Learning support

7. Equipment Available apparatus and related worksheets See e.g. Practical Physics website

8. Other resources Textbooks, published SoWs, worksheets Software

9. Departmental colleagues Other teachers Technicians Departmental culture The rest of the world, e.g. PTNC, TalkPhysics

10. Structuring a Scheme of Work

11. LessonsTypeNotes 1IntroductionLooking back, looking ahead; arousing interest 2DevelopmentDeveloping ideas through discussion and activity Decreasing scaffolding; bits of formative and summative assessment 3-4 5 6-8 9 10Summing upActivity that brings things together; summative assessment

12. For each lesson or group of lessons: What is the main idea to be developed? What is the main activity going to be? How will it be introduced? How will you check that students understand? Homework?

13. Putting it on paper What headings will you use? Timing Lesson content Learning outcomes Activities Textbook references Other resources Assessment Homework Technician notes etc etc Don’t overdo it or your SoW will be too complex to be useful