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Lun Sian Cing Science UOI: Water

10 Days Kindergarten 3

Lesson: Water cycle Part I (water cycle craft)

Unit Overview
Main Idea (Claim) Summative Assessment
Water plays a central role in all living Drawings
things.

Guiding Questions Objectives (know/understand/do/value)

1. Where does the rain come from?
2. How do you feel after it rains?
3. What happens to the sky before it
rains?
4. Where do you think the rain drops
go?
The student will . . .
1. Be familiar with the scientific
vocabularies of the water cycle.
2. Recognize the pattern of water
cycle.
3. Remember the steps of water cycle.

Time Instructional Procedures and Strategies

Beginning the Lesson

What is happening in this picture?

- Does anyone enjoy rain?
- Do you think rain is good? If so how? (Brainstorm and discussion)
- Review: For farmers, rain is their best friend because without rain, they
cannot grow crops. For plants, rain is their best friend because thats
when they get enough water and it helps them to grow as much as
they needed to. For humans, rain is their best friend because without
rain, there will be no electricity.
- Do you know that generators need water-power? And they can only get
sufficient water-power from the rain?
- Hook: Do you know that rain had to travel a long way to visit us?

Developing the Lesson

- Lets put on our scientist coats on because today we will be learning
some scientific names for the water cycle.
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- Step by step explanation about the water cycle.

- Thats how we get rain!

Closing the Lesson

- Instruction to make a poster of water cycle.

Example
- Dos and Donts
- Attention catcher: Those who did excellently and neatly will be the one
to water the plant!

Formative Assessment Differentiation

----------- Posters for visual learning, video for
hearing learning.
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Resources
Water cycle song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrLEHV580Mg
https://jr.brainpop.com/science/weather/watercycle/?
panel=login&refer=/science/weather/watercycle/easyquiz/
Poster papers,
Green triangles for the hill
Yellow Circle for the sun
Cut curved papers for the sea
Glues

Evaluation and Reflection

Glossary
1. Evaporation: Water vaporizing into the air.
2. Condensation: the conversion from gas to a liquid
3. Precipitation: Water released from the clouds in the form of rain, snow, or hail.
4. Collection: water gathers back into the bodies of water such as lake, oceans, and
rivers etc.