Example Lesson Plan #2

The Magical H2O
3rd Grade Science
A Cohen, Coy, Deberry, Winston WebQuest Production

INTRODUCTION:

What happens to rain water a few days after it rains? The water disappears, but where does it go? Water has the ability to vanish in thin air through the process of evaporation. We will learn the secret tricks water uses to evaporate and who know, maybe you’ll learn how to do magic too.

TASK:

This is a group assignment
Your group will learn about the process of evaporation
Your group will record the speed of evaporation under different conditions by using digital cameras to take daily pictures.
Your group will create a report with you findings and compare them with the other groups’.

Jobs:

• One student will be in charge of taking pictures
• One student will be in charge of recording information on your group chart
• One student will be in charge of loading the pictures into the compute

PROCEEDURE:

Step 1: Together in class we will complete the packet “Rain Dance”

Step 2: You will begin your group project.
a. Each group will fill a clear jug with ½ gallon of water.
b. You will begin a chart that monitors your findings
c. You will make visual records by taking pictures of your water jugs.

Step 3: After the experiment you will create a display board containing your chart and pictures.

Step 4: You will be tested on the information that you have learned.

Rubric:

Students will be graded out of 50 points which will be made up of the following:

• 20 Points For the Experiment
• 10 Points For the Presentation Board
• 10 Points for the Acutual Presentaion

Conclusion:

At the successful end of our presentations, we will have a class party. Each student will be asked to bring a donation to the party and we will watch the "Magical School Bus" Episode on the water cycle.