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This lesson plan is for a 2nd grade class about the water cycle. It is one hour long. Students will learn about the water cycle through an interactive experiment using pans, ice, and hot water. They will observe how condensation forms and "rain" drips down. Students will define vocabulary words, describe how rain forms, and explain the full water cycle process. To assess understanding, students will verbally describe the water cycle and draw and label a picture of it. The lesson incorporates different learning styles through reading, discussion, demonstration, drawing, and potentially a dance video. Accommodations are provided for students with visual or reading impairments.

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Lesson Plan - Shippee

This lesson plan is for a 2nd grade class about the water cycle. It is one hour long. Students will learn about the water cycle through an interactive experiment using pans, ice, and hot water. They will observe how condensation forms and "rain" drips down. Students will define vocabulary words, describe how rain forms, and explain the full water cycle process. To assess understanding, students will verbally describe the water cycle and draw and label a picture of it. The lesson incorporates different learning styles through reading, discussion, demonstration, drawing, and potentially a dance video. Accommodations are provided for students with visual or reading impairments.

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Lesson Topic: _​The Water Cycle​_______ Grade level:__​2nd​_______

Length of lesson: _​One hour​_

Stage 1 – Desired Results


Content Standard(s):
2.EIUI.5 - Develop and use models to represent that water can exist in different states
and is found in oceans, glaciers, lakes, rivers, ponds and the atmosphere.

Understanding (s)/goals Essential Question(s):


Students will understand: ● How does rain form?
● Water exists in different forms in ● What do we know about rain?
nature ● How does dirty water turn into
● How water changes form in nature clean rain?
● Vocabulary: precipitation,
evaporation, condensation, water
vapor. Explain meanings

Student objectives (outcomes):


Students will be able to:
● Define and understand different vocabulary words
● Describe how rain forms
● Explain how the water cycle works

Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence


Performance Task(s): Other Evidence:
● Verbally describe how the water ● Identify different stages of the
cycle works cycle by labeling them
● Draw a picture of the water cycle ● Define vocab words

Stage 3 – Learning Plan


Learning Activities:

Pre-Assessment:
● Ask the kids as a group what they already know about rain, clouds and the water
cycle.
● Allow the kids to ask questions about the water cycle.

Procedure
1. Have the hotplate heating up a pan of water.
2. Have the other pan sitting in ice and have more ice ready.
3. Write out vocab words on the board with their definitions and explain them to
the kids.
4. Use the water cycle diagram on the projector to briefly explain the water cycle.
5. Show the kids how you’re adding salt and food coloring to the water that’s
heating up. Explain that this is like dirt and salt that are found in rivers and
oceans.
6. Pick up your cold pan (make sure it is dry on the outside) and put ice inside the
pan. Explain that your cold pan is your “cloud” because clouds are made up of
cool air. Hold your “cloud” above your now warm, dirty ocean water.
7. Once the “cloud” has been sitting over the warm water, allow the kids to observe
how condensation is forming on the bottom of the cold pan.
8. Once condensation has started to build up enough to where it begins to drip,
hold your “cloud” over a glass and explain to the kids as the water starts to drip
into the glass, that this is like rain.
9. Emphasize how the new rain water is clear now. Drink some and explain how it
doesn’t even taste salty anymore.
10. Finish the experiment by restating everything one last time and emphasizing that
the water cycle cleans water.
11. Have the kids draw their own picture of the water cycle, label it and write out the
definitions of the vocab words.

Materials
● Hot plate
● 2 pans
● Salt
● Food coloring
● Ice
● Bowl
● Clear drinking glass
● Water
● Paper
● Colored pencils
● Markers

Extensions & Enrichment:


● Have kids take turns showing their drawings to the class with the doccam and
explaining the water cycle in their own words
● Play water cycle dance video for them

Differentiated Instruction:
This lesson offers many different learning styles for the kids to participate in. They are
able to read/write the definitions, listen to the explanation of the water cycle, watch the
experiment, and solidify their knowledge by creating a written and drawn diagram of
things they learned. If there is time for the dance video, they are able to put actions to
the vocab words to help learn them as well.

Accommodations:
● For a child that is blind: Have them think about how rain feels. Describe the
water cycle in more detail using senses and relations outside of sight. Have the
child feel the condensation on the bottom of the “cloud” pan as it starts to form
and hold the “cloud” above his/her hands so he/she can feel the “rain” dripping
off the “cloud”.
● For a child with poor reading and writing skills: Instead of having him/her write
out the definitions of the vocab words, allow them to verbally explain what the
vocab means. Provide a few verbal questions relating to the vocab words in
order for him/her to demonstrate an understanding of the words.

Technology:
● Projector for diagram and video
● Computer for diagram and video
● Doccam will be used when kids are sharing their drawings

Sources:
● AZED Standards
● Water cycle dance song, ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM-59ljA4Bs
● Youtube video of experiment, ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxbvMI0VBr0
● Diagram of the water cycle,
http://img.theweek.in/content/dam/week/news/sci-tech/2019/May/water-cycle-e
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Reflection following Teaching

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