LESSONPLANTEMPLATE

YourName:IlianaCorona
TitleofLesson:Wheredoesourwatercomefrom?
Grade:6th
STANDARDS
S6.C2.PO1:Explain how water is cycled in nature.
S6.C1.PO4: Analyze the interactions between the Earths bodies of water (water cycle).
LESSONSUMMARY/OVERVIEW
Thisisa2daylessonplan,withthislessonstudentswillexplorewherewatercomesfrombyusingsystems
thinking.Thestudentswilllearnthedifferentstagesofthewatercyclesytemandunderstandtheprocessthattakes
placewhenwaterismovingthroughtheearthssystembyconductinganexpirement.
OBJECTIVES
Studentswillbeabletoidentifythedifferentstagesofthewatercycle.
Studentswillbeabletodescribethestagesofthewatercycle.

ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
Studentswillfilloutaworksheetwheretheymustwritethevocabularywordofeachstageinthewatercycle.Inthis
worksheetthestudentwillalsodrawapictureonthesidethatcorrelatestothedefinitionandvocabularyword.
(Worksheetwillbeprovidedonthedownloads)

PREREQUISITEKNOWLEDGE
Priortothislesson,studentswillneedtoknowthethreeformsofwaterwhichareliquid,gas,andsolid.Students
willalsoneedtoknowwhatatmospheremeans.

WaterCyclePowerPoint
Projector
VocabWorksheet
WaterCycleEvaluationWorksheet

MATERIALS

WaterCycleinaBagExperiment
PlasticBags
Water
BlueFoodColoring
BlackSharpies
VOCABULARY/KEYWORDS
WaterCycleThechangesinwaterwhenitevaporatesintotheair,condensesintoclouds,andthenprecipitated
downtoEarth.
PrecipiationWaterdropletsfallfromtheatmosphereinformofrain,sleet,snow,orhail
CondensationThecoolingofwaterintheatmospherechanginggastoaliquid
EvaporationThechangingofwatertogascausedbyheat
TranspirationThepassageofwatervaporfromapanttotheatmosphere
RunoffRainfallthatisnotabsorbedbysoilandtravelstotheocean

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TEACHINGPROCEDURES
Day1:
Teacherwilldemonstrateaphotoofthewatercyclefromthepowerpoint.Withouthavingthetitleofthe
watercycleonthephoto,theteacherwillaskstudentsiftheyknowwhatthepictureis.
Studentswillhave12minutuestothinkwhatthepictureisandwaittobecalledonbyteachertosaywhat
pictureis.
Theteacherwillthenshowthesecondslideofthepowerpointandexplainwhatthewatercycleis.
Theteacherwillintroducesystemsthinkingintothelessonandexplainwhatsystemsthinkingis.
Teacherwillprovideexamplesofsystemsthinking.
Teacherwillshowwatercyclesongvideoastheattentiongrabbertostudents.
Theteacherwillexplainthatthestudentsaregoingtolearnaboutthewatercyclesystemwhichisalsopart
ofsystemsthinkingbecauseitismadeupofdifferentcomponentsthatachieveagoalandpurpose.
Teacherwillhandoutworksheettostudentstofillinwithvocabwordsanddefintionsalongwithpictures
duringthepowerpoint.
Teacherwillwalkthroughpowerpointandintroducethedifferentcomponentsofthewatercyclesystem
andhowitmakesonebigsystem.
Teacherwillhandoutplasticbagstostudents,waterbottles,sharpies,andfoodcoloring.
TheteacherwillexplaintothestudentsthatthewillbeconductinganexpirementcalledWaterCycleina
Bag,wheretheywillseehowthewatercycleworks.
Theteacherwilldemonstratetothestudentshowtheyneedtolabelthebagandaddwaterandfood
coloringintothebag.(Examplewillbeprovided)
Oncethestudentsaredone,theteacherwilltapeallthebagsonthewindow.
StudentswillseetheresultsonDay2.
Day2:
Theteacherwillreviewwiththestudentswhattheylearnedthedaybefore.
Theteacherwillaskstudentswhatkindofthinkingisthewatercyclesystem.
Theteacherwillhavestudentscrowdwindowtolookatthebags.
Theteacherwillpointoutabagandexplaintothestudentstheevaporationhasoccurredandwaterdroplets
areclearandnotbluecausingcondensation.
Whilepointingoutwaterdroplets,theteacherwillaskstudentstothinkpairshareonwhywaterdroplets
arenotblueliketheoceanwaterinthebag.
Theteacherwillthentaponthebaganddemonstratethewaterdropletsrunningoffintotheoceancausing
precipitationandrunoff.
OncethestudentsseethisexpirementtheywillbeassessedusingWaterCycleEvaluationsheet.

RESOURCES
FillintheblankVocabSheet
ScienceDoodles.InteractiveNotebookVocabularyBlank.Retrievedfromhttps://www.mysciencedoodles.com
WaterCyleEvaluation
ScienceDoodles.WaterCycleVocabularySet.Retrievedfromhttps://www.mysciencedoodle.com
WaterCyclePicture
ScienceDoodles.TheWaterCycleFoldable.Retrievedfromhttps://www.mysciencedoodle.com
WaterCycleSongVideo
HaveFunTeaching.(2015,December4).WaterCycleSongVideo[VideoFile].Retreivedfrom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWb4KlM2vts&feature=youtu.be

WAYSOFTHINKINGCONNECTION
Students will identify the different components of the water cycle system through systems thinking. The water cycle
is made up of different parts that the students will be able to view in action as one big system. By learning the
different components of the water cycle system, students will be able to connect each component to a real life
sitation and create awareness of how it works. Systems thinking plays a key role in this lesson by allowing students
to see how a system works and the steps it takes to create one big system.