Passive Transform (PT) sits at the Passive row and Transform column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real Science lessons for KS3 that classify as PT, plus anti-examples that look PT but are not.

Cell biology in immersive 3D

Year 7 · 30 min · 1 device per student plus optional VR headsets

Each student navigates a 3D model of an animal cell at their own pace, observing organelles in spatial relationship and zooming into individual structures (mitochondrion, nucleus, ribosomes). The teacher poses three observational prompts during the navigation. Pairs share three observations after.

Tools: CoSpaces

Live ISS-Earth feed observation

Year 8 · 30 min · Class display

The class watches the live video feed from the International Space Station for 20 minutes, with the teacher pausing on visible weather systems, city lights, and ocean colour patterns. Students observe the curvature, the speed of orbit visible in cloud movement, and the day-night terminator passing across the planet.

Tools: ISS Live Stream

Virtual lab demo of dangerous reaction

Year 9 · 25 min · Class display

The class watches a virtual simulator demonstration of an alkali metal reacting with water (e.g. caesium, francium-style demos that are too violent or expensive for school labs). The teacher pauses to discuss observable phenomena, asks students to predict products, then lets the simulator complete the reaction with chemical-equation overlay.

Tools: PhET Simulations

Lessons that look PT but are not

Useful counter-examples when you are checking your own lesson placement on the PICRAT grid.

This page is one of a growing set of PICRAT examples by cell, subject and key stage. Page maintained by Andy Perryer.