Faded Support Terminal Velocity Writing Scaffolds

BenRogers

Explaining terminal velocity is a classic piece of GCSE writing. The cognitive demands are high:

  1. recalling the sequence;
  2. structuring the text;
  3. phrasing the sentences.

I have designed this sequence of faded scaffolding to take place over several weeks (making use of spaced practice). It follows on from direct instruction style teaching.

Terminal velocity frames (variation theory)
Model response to task, demonstrating some tricky sentence structures.

A pdf of the full sequence is here: Terminal velocity frames (variation theory)

Ben

 

Published by BenRogers

18 years secondary teacher: 4 years primary. MA in SciEd, member of IoP (serving on the Education Committee) and Chartered Science Teacher. Author of 'Big Ideas of Physics and How to Teach Them.' Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy for Paradigm Trust.