Science - 4th Grade
Lesson Plans
Standard 1
Students will understand that water changes state as it moves through the water cycle.
Objective 2
Describe the water cycle.
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A Water Cycle Chamber
Classroom activity helps students understand the water cycle.
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All Washed Up
This lesson identifies groundwater as one of the locations that hold water as it passes through the water cycle. Students create a model that effectively filters water as it passes through the ground water system.
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Dino Drool
In this activity students build a water cycle model and monitor it for a 2-week period helping them to understand that water changes state as it moves through the cycle.
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Miniature Water Cycles
Students construct a model of the water cycle in action using two-liter pop bottles to build a terrarium.
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Round and Round
Students create their own water cycle story and storyboard and teach what they've learned to a younger audience.
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TRB 4:1 - Investigation 5 - The Water Cycle Model
This classroom demonstration will help students understand the water cycle.
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TRB 4:1 - Investigation 6 - Water on the Move
Students will play a "Water on the Move" game to deepen their understanding of the water cycle.
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Water Cycle
The teacher demonstrates how much usable fresh water there is
available to plants and animals on earth and then demonstrates how the water cycle maintains itself with a water cycle demonstration. Students evaporate water with a hair
dryer; observe condensation that forms on a mirror; observe a cloud in a bottle;
and cause rain to occur in the lab.
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Water Cycle Celebration
This mini-science fair project summarizes the unit on the water cycle.
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Water World Story
Students will write a story about how a drop of water may have traveled to arrive at the school. In addition, they will design a presentation on the water cycle.
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