Ready Steady Read Together
The Story of Science: Non-Fiction Lesson 1
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
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What do you know and think?
I was amazed when I first saw tiny moving creatures…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Why does the writer describe microscopes as “one of the most important scientific tools ever invented”?
B) Put these sentences in the correct order to show how a convex lens works.
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Let me read today's text
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Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
natural world
lenses
experimentation
modifying
microorganisms
convex lens
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From: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
natural world
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Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
natural world
Your turn
experimentation
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
lenses
modifying
microorganisms
convex lens
Use your text
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Vocabulary Check & Re-read
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Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
I was amazed when I first saw tiny moving creatures through the lens of a microscope. The scratched, fuzzy lenses of that microscope, which my mother had bought me from a junk shop, were far better than the earliest lenses. Those were glass spheres filled with water, invented in ancient Greece around 3,000 years ago.
What did you notice?
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From: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I was amazed when I first saw tiny moving creatures through the lens of a microscope.
The scratched, fuzzy lenses of that microscope, which my mother had bought me from a junk shop, were far better than the earliest lenses.
Those were glass spheres filled with water, invented in ancient Greece around 3,000 years ago.
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From: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I was amazed when I first saw tiny moving creatures through the lens of a microscope. They scratched, fuzzy lenses of that microscope, which my mother had bought me from a junk shop, were far better than the earliest lenses. Those were glass spheres filled with water, invented in ancient Greece around 3,000 years ago.
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From: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Look Around & Read Between the Lines
Be a detective and look for clues!
A) Why does the writer describe microscopes as “one of the most important scientific tools ever invented”?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
They allow scientists to see objects that are far too small to be viewed with the
human eye alone. By using microscopes, scientists have been able to study tiny,
living things, understand how cells work and discover causes of disease.
Reveal Explainer
When I read the first sentence, it clearly states that microscopes are one of the most important scientific tools ever invented. The next sentence tells us that microscopes help scientists see things that are too small for the human eye to see which is very valuable.
A) Why does the writer describe microscopes as “one of the most important scientific tools ever invented”?
Teach
From: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
B) Put these sentences in the correct order to show how a convex lens works.
A) Why does the writer describe microscopes as “one of the most important scientific tools ever invented”?
A) The brain thinks the light has travelled in a straight line. B) The light is bent through the lens. C) Light bounces off the subject. D) The brain sees a larger image. E) The bent light enters the retina.
Find the answers
Text mark
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Text Mark Evidence - by using microscopes, scientists have been able to study tiny living things - both (van Leeuwenhoek and Robert Hooke) discovered microorganisms through the microscopes they had built
helped scientists look at things too tiny for our eyes to see
Acceptable Answers
A) Why does the writer describe microscopes as “one of the most important scientific tools ever invented”?
Text Mark Evidence - understand how cells work and discover causes of disease - without microscopes, much of what we know about biology, medicine and the natural world would still be a mystery - (Hooke) began to draw the magnified things he saw - his (Hooke’s) work showed scientists some of the tiniest building blocks of the world – cells
helped scientists understand how living things are built
Text Mark Evidence - as microscopes improved, scientists were able to observe new details and record discoveries that changed how people understood life on Earth - improved, scientists were able to observe new details and record discoveries
improvements to lenses allowed scientists to make new discoveries
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Light bounces off the subject.
B) Put these sentences in the correct order to show how a convex lens works.
B) The light is bent through the lens.
E) The bent light enters the retina.
A) The brain thinks the light has travelled in a straight line.
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
D) The brain sees a larger image.
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘natural world’?
Which One's Right?
Which word best completes this sentence?Without microscopes, much of what we know about biology, medicine and the natural world would still be a...
B) lens
A) experimentation
D) success
C) mystery
True or False?
The first proper microscopes were made in the 13th century by modifying spectacle lenses.
False
True
Tick Me
Robert Hooke first wrote about microorganisms in 1665. Antonie van Leeuwehoek wrote about these tiny living things in 1677.
When did Robert Hooke first write about microorganisms?
Tick one:
A) 1985
B) 2005
Check
C) 1665
Click if correct
D) 1677
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
retell what you learn.
Reveal
Share new knowledge with friends or family.
Copyright Notice
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Story of Science: Non-Fiction Lesson 1
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
I was amazed when I first saw tiny moving creatures…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Why does the writer describe microscopes as “one of the most important scientific tools ever invented”?
B) Put these sentences in the correct order to show how a convex lens works.
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
natural world
lenses
experimentation
modifying
microorganisms
convex lens
Explore
From: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
natural world
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
natural world
Your turn
experimentation
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
lenses
modifying
microorganisms
convex lens
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
I was amazed when I first saw tiny moving creatures through the lens of a microscope. The scratched, fuzzy lenses of that microscope, which my mother had bought me from a junk shop, were far better than the earliest lenses. Those were glass spheres filled with water, invented in ancient Greece around 3,000 years ago.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I was amazed when I first saw tiny moving creatures through the lens of a microscope.
The scratched, fuzzy lenses of that microscope, which my mother had bought me from a junk shop, were far better than the earliest lenses.
Those were glass spheres filled with water, invented in ancient Greece around 3,000 years ago.
Explore
From: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I was amazed when I first saw tiny moving creatures through the lens of a microscope. They scratched, fuzzy lenses of that microscope, which my mother had bought me from a junk shop, were far better than the earliest lenses. Those were glass spheres filled with water, invented in ancient Greece around 3,000 years ago.
Explore
From: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Look Around & Read Between the Lines
Be a detective and look for clues!
A) Why does the writer describe microscopes as “one of the most important scientific tools ever invented”?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
They allow scientists to see objects that are far too small to be viewed with the human eye alone. By using microscopes, scientists have been able to study tiny, living things, understand how cells work and discover causes of disease.
Reveal Explainer
When I read the first sentence, it clearly states that microscopes are one of the most important scientific tools ever invented. The next sentence tells us that microscopes help scientists see things that are too small for the human eye to see which is very valuable.
A) Why does the writer describe microscopes as “one of the most important scientific tools ever invented”?
Teach
From: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
B) Put these sentences in the correct order to show how a convex lens works.
A) Why does the writer describe microscopes as “one of the most important scientific tools ever invented”?
A) The brain thinks the light has travelled in a straight line. B) The light is bent through the lens. C) Light bounces off the subject. D) The brain sees a larger image. E) The bent light enters the retina.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence - by using microscopes, scientists have been able to study tiny living things - both (van Leeuwenhoek and Robert Hooke) discovered microorganisms through the microscopes they had built
helped scientists look at things too tiny for our eyes to see
Acceptable Answers
A) Why does the writer describe microscopes as “one of the most important scientific tools ever invented”?
Text Mark Evidence - understand how cells work and discover causes of disease - without microscopes, much of what we know about biology, medicine and the natural world would still be a mystery - (Hooke) began to draw the magnified things he saw - his (Hooke’s) work showed scientists some of the tiniest building blocks of the world – cells
helped scientists understand how living things are built
Text Mark Evidence - as microscopes improved, scientists were able to observe new details and record discoveries that changed how people understood life on Earth - improved, scientists were able to observe new details and record discoveries
improvements to lenses allowed scientists to make new discoveries
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Light bounces off the subject.
B) Put these sentences in the correct order to show how a convex lens works.
B) The light is bent through the lens.
E) The bent light enters the retina.
A) The brain thinks the light has travelled in a straight line.
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
D) The brain sees a larger image.
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘natural world’?
Which One's Right?
Which word best completes this sentence?Without microscopes, much of what we know about biology, medicine and the natural world would still be a...
B) lens
A) experimentation
D) success
C) mystery
True or False?
The first proper microscopes were made in the 13th century by modifying spectacle lenses.
False
True
Tick Me
Robert Hooke first wrote about microorganisms in 1665. Antonie van Leeuwehoek wrote about these tiny living things in 1677.
When did Robert Hooke first write about microorganisms?
Tick one:
A) 1985
B) 2005
Check
C) 1665
Click if correct
D) 1677
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
retell what you learn.
Reveal
Share new knowledge with friends or family.
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced and adapted for accessibility from: The Story of Science by Robert Winston © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.