How can the kit be used in schools?
The schools who piloted the In the Zoneresources either used them with the wholeschool, in a week inspired by the London2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, orwith a single year group. The materials wereused in whole school assemblies and duringplaytime, as well as in the classroom.Although each unit has been allocated to aspecific age group, they can all be used witholder or younger children if that fits in betterwith your school’s science planning.
Unit Structure
Each of the four In the Zone units is made up of 3lessons of approximately 1 hour in length. It’s up toyou whether you want to use a whole unit with yourchildren, or just one lesson. Each unit is structured asfollows:
Unit overview This offers the overarching scienceand PE objectives; the Big Questions that childrenwill be asked to answer; a summary of each of thelessons in the unit; any relevant science background;suggestions for involving the rest of the school.
Lesson plans and photocopiablePupil SheetsAll the lesson plans list the kit required for eachlesson, and provide full teaching notes and healthand safety instructions. The photocopiable PupilSheets are included to support children in carryingout the investigations.
A Home Card If you would like to send childrenhome with some tasks to complete that are relatedto what they have been doing in class, please usethe Home Cards, which can be found on the lastphotocopiable sheet of each unit.
A Reward Card When children complete a unitthey can be given one of the rewards on the lastphotocopiable sheet of that unit. Every reward isdifferent. You may want to award them in schoolassemblies or class ceremonies. Younger childrencould even receive their rewards from the Fizzypuppet herself!
Whole-class PowerPoints and interactive games There are PowerPoint presentations andinteractive games available for each of the units at:
Additional Materials
You will find PDFs of the Teaching Guide andCurriculum Guide, more information about the In theZone initiative and extra resources, including comicsat:
Editable Files
Although we have provided everything you’ll needfor each lesson, we have tried to make it as easy aspossible for you to adapt the resources, so that youcan deliver science lessons that you feel comfortablewith. For editable Word files of all the teaching notesand photocopiable Pupil Sheets go to:
Risk Assessments
General Health and Safety advice is given in eachof the units, but please carry out your own riskassessments prior to any of the activities, to ensurethat they are safe in the unique context of your school.
Curriculum Links
The In the Zone kit is being delivered to all schoolsin England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.We have therefore provided full references to all fourcurricula on a separate Curriculum Guide sheet, whichyou will find in the box. This also includes cross-curricularlinks, where appropriate.