Learning objectives
Knowledge
- To describe the different stages of the water cycle.
Working scientifically
- To record the stages of the water cycle using a labelled diagram.
Success criteria
Knowledge
- I can name the stages of the water
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National curriculum
Science
States of matter
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Cross-curricular links
British values
- Mutual respect.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: Agree or disagree? and read through the three statements as a class. Ask the children to discuss whether they agree with each statement with a partner. Explain that they must justify their answers.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could read through the video transcript to help them identify the four keywords; could use the Activity: Model of the water cycle: support version to annotate a diagram of the model water cycle; could use the Knowledge organiser to help them explain the water cycle.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should apply their knowledge of how temperature affects evaporation rates to the water cycle to answer how an increase in the average temperatures of the Earth would affect the water cycle; could choose an extension activity relating to the water cycle from the Resource: Stretch and challenge: States of matter.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: naming, ordering and describing the stages
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Knowledge outcomes
- I can name and order the stages of the water cycle: evaporation, condensing, precipitating and run-off.
- I can describe the changes of state that occur during the water cycle: liquid water evaporates into gaseous water vapour, which cools and condenses into liquid precipitation (for example, rain) or freezes into solid precipitation (for example, snow).
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Vocabulary definitions
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precipitation
Water that falls from clouds to the ground, including rain, sleet, snow and hail.
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the water cycle
The never-ending movement of water from water stores, into the air and back down to the ground.
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 7th October, 2024
