Monday, August 18, 2014

2nd grade lesson: Different states of water and landforms/bodies of water


                                                                                                                                                

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Subject Matter: Science

Grade Level: 2

Lesson Objective: Complete the sentence below.

Learners will demonstrate knowledge of/understanding of/ability to: Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.

Subject Matter Content Standard: ESS2.C:  The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
§ Water is found in the ocean, rivers, lakes, and ponds. Water exists as solid ice and in liquid form. (2-ESS2-3)



Technology Standard: NETS for Students:  5. Technology research tools Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
Students use technology tools to process data and report results.



Website Addresses Used as Resources:

3. http://printables.scholastic.com                                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                       
Student Research Questions:

Essential Question:  See discussion of essential questions in week seven documents and resources.                    

1. Where can you find water on Earth?

Subsidiary Questions (6-10):

2. What happens when you boil water?

3. What happens when you freeze water?
4. What forms can water have?
5. How can you change water into ice or water into gas?
6. What types of bodies of water can you find on earth?
7. What are the different landforms you can find on earth?


Assessment

We will brainstorm and then use the Smart Board technology to use the website: www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/gases.html to get them interested in asking questions with interactive lessons. What I like about this website is that as the students are doing something to the water the program is asking them a question as to what they think will happen to the water when heat or cold is added to it. We will work together as a class to answer the questions but first I will let students give ideas on what they think will happen. They are applying what they know in order for them to analyze what they think will happen. I will then have each students write in their science journals what they predict will happen and answer their questions, as they are analyzing the experiment. After they evaluate their findings from what they learned, I will be able to assess their thinking process through their written answers.

Students will then use the Brainpop Jr. website, where they are able to answer interactive questions on what happens to water when it’s boiled or frozen.
There are also tests that they will take after they are done with their research and interactive learning, and they will complete the quiz at the end of the lesson in order for me to assess their understanding of the lesson.

On the second section of the standards that we will cover will be the different types of body of water that we can see on Earth. We will brainstorm to see student’s previous knowledge. We will go over both landforms and bodies of water since many of the characteristics of bodies of water have distinctive lands surrounding it. We will begin going over Scholastic booklets that are specifically made with vocabulary words that relate to landforms and bodies of water. I will have the class follow me with the use of the Smart Board and the class will follow along with their own physical copy. I will model the landform/bodies of water definitions using personal experiences that that students could relate to. For the activity I will have students in groups of 4 where they will research on computers and write down facts about one body of water or landform. I will assign each group a body of water or a landform and they will have to create a visual with clay or a poster board that they will take turns presenting to the class. They will mold a mountain, island, lake, river, etc. For example for those researching a river, they will have the direct website: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/rivers/ and I will have them click on major rivers to provide example of 1 major river in the U.S. in their presentation but I will be going over each step with the students. The students will write the information on paper and will go over their findings with their group, to promote collaboration. They will then begin designing their clay presentation model and when they are done they will give a presentation with the use of an index card containing their facts.