Water Cycle Experiment
Overview
This is a STEAM lesson designed for first or second grade students who are learning about the water cycle.
| STEAM Lesson | |||
| Grade: 1st or 2nd Grade | Lesson Title: Water Cycle | ||
STEAM Emphasis: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and/or Math (List all the topics that apply)Earth and Space Science:
| Time frame: 15-20 Minutes | ||
| Lesson Objective: What understanding and/or knowledge will students demonstrate?Students should be able to understand the water cycle and how these attributes contribute to the formation of clouds. | |||
Materials: Include a copy of everything required to teach. Use hyperlinks when possible. You may add additional pages to the bottom of this lesson plan also.Water Cycle Demonstration Materials:
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| Content Core Standard:2-ESS2 - Earth’s Systems | |||
| ISTE Student Standard: Knowledge ConstructorStudents critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others. | |||
| What is the problem or challenge that students will need to solve or complete? How will their creativity and thinking be challenged?Students will need to complete the Water Cycle Handout and be able to identify each of the steps of the cycle. Students’ critical thinking will be challenged. | |||
| Time | Materials | Lesson Procedures(Include the materials & technology.) | |
| 5 Mins. | Bill Nye Water Cycle video | Introduce New Information:Teach about the water cycle by showing Bill Nye water cycle video and discussing evaporation, condensation, and precipitation | |
| 10 Mins | Activity Directions | Hands-on Activity Steps: (Describe the activity, problem, and how the students will complete it.)
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| 5 Mins. | Feedback: (How will the instructor provide feedback? Will you have students provide informal group discussion: This will include students’ time to show their activity while verbally labeling the parts of the water cycle. | ||
| Assessment(s): (assignments and/or activities) |
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