Passive Replace (PR) sits at the Passive row and Replace column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real Science lessons for KS3 that classify as PR, plus anti-examples that look PR but are not.
Combustion safety video and Forms check before practical
Year 7 are about to do a combustion practical involving a Bunsen burner, a splint and three different fuels. Department policy is that every pupil watches the safety briefing and passes a check before lighting any flame. The 15-minute lesson opens with a five-minute video produced by the science technician walking through the safety steps: tying back hair, eye protection, the position of the gas tap, what to do if a sleeve catches.
Students watch the video at their desks on iPads, then complete an eight-question Microsoft Form. The Form is set to require 100% before submission. Anyone who scores below 8/8 watches the video again and re-takes the quiz. The teacher only allows the practical to start when every name is on the green-tick list.
Tools: YouTube, Microsoft Forms
Cells and microscopy knowledge organiser self-quizzing
The unit on cells and microscopy is half-finished. The class needs to fix the keywords in long-term memory before the assessment in two weeks. Today's 20-minute lesson is structured self-quizzing using the unit's knowledge organiser, which the teacher has shared as a Google Doc.
Each student opens the doc on their iPad, covers the right-hand definitions column with a paper bookmark, and works through the 15 keywords trying to write the definition before revealing it. They mark themselves as they go. The exit ticket asks them to write five definitions in their books from memory; the teacher collects to spot patterns of misconception.
Tools: Google Docs
Atomic structure chapter on iPad with short-answer questions
Year 9 are revising for the end-of-unit chemistry assessment. Today is a 30-minute reading lesson on atomic structure: protons, neutrons, electrons, atomic number, mass number, isotopes. The chapter is four pages long and lives as a Google Doc on the LMS.
Students read at their own pace on their iPads, with no annotation tools. They make their own notes in their exercise books as they go. After 25 minutes the teacher closes the doc on the projector and asks six short-answer questions on the board for students to answer in their books. The questions cover the same six concepts the chapter introduced.
Tools: Google Docs
This page is one of a growing set of PICRAT examples by cell, subject and key stage. Page maintained by Andy Perryer.