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S4E3 Students will differentiate between the states of water and how they relate to the water cycle and
weather.
a. Demonstrate how water changes states from solid (ice) to liquid (water) to gas (water vapor/steam) and changes from
gas to liquid to solid.
b. Identify the temperatures at which water becomes a solid and at which water becomes a gas.
c. Investigate how clouds are formed.
d. Explain the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, and precipitation).
e. Investigate different forms of precipitation and sky conditions (rain, snow, sleet, hail, clouds, and fog).
ELACC4W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique,
descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence
that unfolds naturally.
Understandings
Overarching Understanding
Students will understand each stage of the water cycle.
Students will write a narrative that includes a sequence of
events.
Related Misconceptions
That water does not transform into gas and back to water.
Essential Questions
Overarching
Topical
What is the water cycle?
How does water change
from a solid, to a gas and
How can keeping a diary
a liquid?
tell a story?
At what temperature
does water change from
liquid to solid and liquid
to gas?
How are clouds formed?
What are the different
forms of precipitation?
Knowledge
Students will know
Skills
Students will be able to
Multiple Means of Engagement: Students will be allowed to work in cooperative groups, observe through the
quick lab and create through the water cycle in a bag activity.
Multiple Means of Expression: Students took notes, created movements and prepared journals to record
observations.
Learning Plan (Day 2)
Students will go back to their same groups from the previous lesson. There will be three stations set up to give
more time for each station.
Station 1: Pathfinder Scavenger hunt: The students will use the websites from the pathfinder to cooperatively
answer discussion questions.
Station 2: With the classroom teachers guidance, the students will read the science guided readers and create a
visual representation of the water cycle with all stages labeled.
Station 3: The media specialist will bring books from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series and Dork Diaries for
students to observe the writing styles. Students will discuss their observations of their water cycle in a bag and
discuss how they would like to write their entries. The students will then take their observations and begin
converting them into a diary written from the perspective of the rain drop. Each student is required to include
each stage of the water cycle in their narrative.
Multiple Means of Representation: Information will be delivered via, internet, graphics and written
Multiple Means of Engagement: Students will be engaged through group interaction and individual narrative
writing.
Multiple Means of Expression: Students will draw a diagram, respond to discussion questions and write a
narrative.
Learning Plan (Day 3)
The media specialist will introduce Abode Voice to the whole class and demonstrate how to create a digital story
using the app. As the class participates in a review game with the classroom teacher, the media specialist will
pull small groups of students to create digital stories from the narratives written during the previous lesson.
In the small groups, students will be given the chance to record their story, take photos of their book and choose
graphics that represent their story. The students will then have the opportunity to share their with their peers.
Multiple Means of Representation: The water cycle will be represent in the form of a narrative and through
examples given in the review game.
Multiple Means of Engagement: Students will be engaged through a digital review game and the exploration of
Adobe voice.
Multiple Means of Expression: Students can express themselves verbally or digitally.
From: Wiggins, Grant and J. Mc Tighe. (1998). Understanding by Design, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
ISBN # 0-87120-313-8 (ppk)