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Read this lesson plan before class to familiarize yourself with the ideas and concepts you’ll be teaching the students. You may print this page out if you need to use it as a reference point during live classes.
This lesson is a guide, but feel free to expand on the content or decrease/increase what you teach depending on the learning levels of the students in your class or the amount of time you have to cover the material.
Can I show videos in live classes?
Yes, feel free to include additional material to supplement the class lesson material. Videos, Physical Objects, Games, Activities, etc. are okay to share in live classes.
Videos should have no advertisements or logos and should be viewed by you before showing them to the students to ensure no offensive or questionable content is included.
The video should make up only a small portion of the live class.
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Class Summary
In this lesson, students will understand the importance of water, its uses and the steps in the water cycle. Additionally, students will learn about the 3 states of water: solid, liquid, vapor.
Lesson Slide
In-Class Video
Please show the video to students in full-screen mode.
Main Teaching Points
Explain the process of the water cycle:
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- Sun heats the water
- Water turns into vapor (Evaporation)
- Vapor goes into the sky
- Vapor cools and turns into clouds
- Clouds get full of water and turn dark
- Cloud release water onto the earth as rain (Precipitation)
- Rain flows into rivers, lakes and oceans (Collection)
- Some water flows underground, which is where well water comes from. (Bible connection)
Discussion Questions
- Can you name any rivers, lakes or seas?
- Can you give examples of water in solid, liquid and gas form?
- True or False? There is exactly the same amount of water on earth now that there was millions of years ago. (True)
- Ask children to share how they use water everyday. (drinking, bathing, brushing teeth, swimming, cooking, blowing bubbles, painting with water colors, having pet fish. )
Vocabulary Words
- Ocean – Bodies of salt water that cover the surface of the Earth.
- Wells – Deep holes in the ground from which you can remove water
- Evaporation – when water changes from a liquid to a gas (vapor.)
- Precipitation – When water falls back down to earth as rain or snow.
In-Class Activities
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Clouds on a Spoon: Have students bring a metal spoon to class. Tell them to breathe on the back of a big metal spoon. They should see a tiny cloud of water vapor on the spoon! Explain that this is how real clouds form — when warm, moist air and cool air come together.
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Water Show: Hold up a glass of water for student to see. Ask them what’s in the glass and how they know. Ask if they have seen water in other forms. (liquid, solid, or gas.)