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Activity Title: Travels of a water droplet
Estimated Lesson Duration: / 3 Class Periods (45 min)
Estimated Activity Duration: / 2 days
Setting: / Individual or team on a computer with accompanying worksheet.
Activity Objectives:
- To demonstrate the processes in the water cycle via a comic strip
- To present their comic strip to the class
Activity Guiding Questions:
- How “old” is your drinking water?
- What has to happen to water in nature to clean it?
- What is the energy source for the water cycle?
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
Science and Engineering Practices (Check all that apply) / Crosscutting Concepts (Check all that apply)
☐Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering) / ☐Patterns
☒Developing and using models / ☐Cause and effect
☐Planning and carrying out investigations / ☐Scale, proportion, and quantity
☐Analyzing and interpreting data / ☐Systems and system models
☐Using mathematics and computational thinking / ☒Energy and matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation
☐Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering) / ☐Structure and function.
☐Engaging in argument from evidence / ☐Stability and change.
☒Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
Ohio’s New Learning Standards for Science (ONLS)
Expectations for Learning - Cognitive Demands(Check all that apply)
☐Designing Technological/Engineering Solutions Using Science concepts (T)
☐ Demonstrating Science Knowledge (D)
☒Interpreting and Communicating Science Concepts (C)
☐ Recalling Accurate Science (R)
Common Core State Standards -- Mathematics (CCSS)
Standards for Mathematical Practice(Check all that apply)
☐Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them / ☐Useappropriate tools strategically
☐Reason abstractly and quantitatively / ☐Attendto precision
☐Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others / ☐Look for and make use of structure
☐Model with mathematics / ☐Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
Unit Academic Standards (NGSS, ONLS and/or CCSS):
Thermal energy is transferred as water changes state throughout the cycle.
Materials:
The Water Cycle
(LinkHandouts, Power Points, Resources, Websites, Supplies)
Teacher Advance Preparation:
Activity Procedures:
- Have students complete The Water Cycle worksheet using ProjectWET website. Each student is to then create a comic strip about the water cycle. Rubric is on the worksheet.
- Students can post these around the room and students can mingle around looking at the different strips. Could also become a competition giving each student a post it, and they can place it next to their favorite comic strip anonymously and/or with positive comments.
Differentiation: Students can work in pairs or teams on the computer so information can be read aloud. Comic could be created in partners. Comic could also be cut down to 3 cells.
Reflection: Reflect upon the successes and shortcomings of the lesson.
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