ENERGISE ME Alessandro Volta: Battery Maker
Week 2 - Lesson 3 Tuesday 29th April, 2014
!Are you set up and ready for Science?
Purpose
• read and discuss a biography of Alessandro Volta
• discuss the ways scientists develop and change their ideas
• represent your ideas about a biography
Review your observation table from last week and discuss.
Prepare your Science Journal Keynote for today’s work.
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Create a slide titled, Week 2: Alessandro Volta -
Battery Maker
Let’s look at various types of batteries.
• Identify difference in sizes and labelled voltages?
• What does ‘V’ or Volts represent.
• Do you know about the history of the battery?
In 10mins create a small paragraph to respond to these statements
Biography
Biography • What features could we find in this or any biography?
• Who usually writes such texts?
• What evidence does the author have to show that this is a true representation of the person’s life?
• Why are such texts written?
• Why has the author used a cartoon for this biography?
• Does this cartoon make the biography more or less believable?
Now, add to today’s slide in your Science Journal Keynote.
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Make a list of the topic vocabulary you predict to read
in the text. !
Share some examples
Read the biography on Alessandro Volta.
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(It is located on your grade blog under ‘science lesson
resources’)
Revisit your list of predicted vocabulary.
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What does the word Volt mean in reference to the text?
Discuss Scientists’ changing ideas
• Why did the two scientists disagree?
• What was the first thing Volta did when he disagreed with Galvani? Why?
• Did either of them change their ideas? Did they change other people’s ideas?
• What could have happened if Volta agreed with Galvani?
In your science groups
Activity one: Use the cartoon to create a chronological list of
Alessandro Volta’s life. Maximise online resources to
support your list.
Activity two: Script and then perform a role play (or film on your iPad).
One group member will be Volta, the others are
interviewers. Include both closed and open
questions.
Activity three: Create a list of solid FOR and AGAINST arguments. i.e Volta versus Galvani. Who is correct and why? Add
supportive evidence to your arguments where possible.
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