Learning objectives
Knowledge
- To describe how temperature affects evaporation rates and the water cycle.
Working scientifically
- To research climate change and the water cycle.
Success criteria
Knowledge
- I can describe the effect of climate change
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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
Play the link: BBC Teach - The water cycle and ask the children to act out the corresponding actions they practised in Lesson 5: The water cycle.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could use the word bank in the Presentation: Climate change to help them complete their report; should use the Knowledge organiser to help them complete their report and revise.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should undertake additional research on how climate change affects the water cycle using the article on the link: UCAR - The water cycle and climate change by the Centre for Science Education; 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: describing the effect of climate change
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Knowledge outcomes
- I can describe how climate change increases temperature.
- I can link increased temperatures to faster evaporation rates.
- I can describe how climate change affects the water cycle by melting polar ice, increasing rainfall and flooding in some areas and decreasing rainfall (causing droughts) in others.
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Vocabulary definitions
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climate change
A change in the Earth’s temperature, weather and rainfall over a long time.
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drought
A long time without rain in which living things begin to suffer.
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In this unit
Assessment - Science Y3/4 (B): States of matter
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 1: Solids
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: Liquids and gases
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: Melting and freezing
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 4: Condensing and evaporating
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 5: The water cycle
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 6: Climate change and the water cycle
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 7th October, 2024
