2+Water

Grade 4 Water Unit 2010-2011

Smart Notebook File Setting up the Science Notebook Scientific Process Notebook set up table of contents, pages, glossary. Discussion of what it means to be a scientis and the scientific Process. Show notebooks of eary scientists. Schedule of lessons and more resources. On this wiki you will find the smartnotebooks you can download and save to your documents folder and make them your own. (Thanks to Kendra for sharing all of her hard work!)
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__**Lesson 2 **__ Students will take a strip of a coffee filter and draw a line about 5 cm up on the strip with a black marker. We had discussed that Mr. Sketch Markers seem to work the best. Have students put 10mL if water into a small beaker and pour into a 16 oz clear plastic cup. Then students should hang their coffee filter down the side of the cup so that only the tip of the filter is in the water. The purpose of the this activity is for student to record their observations in their notebook. Then when they remove their coffee filter from the cup they should describe the coffee filter in their notebook so that in a gallery walk people can figure out which exactly which one of the coffee filters belongs to them.
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Lesson 3 KWL and Properties of water Investigation 1.2 Foss Kit Surface Tension drops of water on a penny. Link for half-sheet FOSS sheet link can be found in Lesson 6.

__**Lesson 4 **__ In this lesson student are asked "How old is water?" They write their answer on a sticky not and then students who chose the longest amount of time talk to the students who chose the least amount of time. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How old is water? Ask students to observe as you walk to the sink and put some water into a plastic cup. Have them write down how old they think water is on a post-it note. Then without talking have them get into line based upon their number. Then fold the line and let those who think water is really old talk to those who think water is very young.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Read Aloud One Well: The Story of Water on Earth by Rochelle Strauss.(Call No. 553.7 STR) You will only need to read p. 4-5 "One Well" and p. 6-7 "The Water in the Well" and p. 8-9 "Recycling Water in the Well" Each teacher that was teaching science received a copy of this book.

__**<span style="color: #21b030; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Lesson 5 **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What is a molecule? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Students on squares. Properties of Water <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Use hot water and cold water to submerge a bottle to show how heat and cold expand and contract.



__**<span style="color: #21b030; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Lesson 6 **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Foss Website where you can print half-sheets for student science notebooks, there are other resources visuals and information. [|Foss Water Resources] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Investigation 1.1 Foss Kit <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Looking at Water on foil, waxed paper, and paper towel. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Print half sheet for science notebook. (This lesson might need to add a notebook lesson.)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">FOSS Investigation 2.1 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Hot Water, Cold Water, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Thermometer <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Print half-sheet for Science notebook from the Foss Website in Lesson 6
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__**<span style="color: #21b030; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Lesson 8 **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Foss kit Investigation 3.1 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Evaporation, Evaporation Locations, Surface Area, Condensation

__**<span style="color: #21b030; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Lesson 9 **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Water Cycle Video, Water Cycle Game, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Demonstration of the water cycle using a hot pot, metal tray above the water to make condensation. Water Cycle Reflection Question. The water cycle video from United Streaming can be found on the server in the WIS~Grade 4~Science Folder. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Book for the Water Cycle can be found in the Science Lab: The Snowflake A Water Cycle Story by Neil Waldman. This story chronicles the story of a water molecule through the water cycle.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Song on "Jammin Classroom Science" ' The Water Cyle' Song Number 5. This song is sung and shows words and pictures.









Picture of the Water Cycle

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Introduce Stream table with set up try to complete one Slope or Stream Activity. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">In this lesson students will need to set up their notebooks with a stream or slope procedure sheet. Then they will need to have some instruction on the T-chart that needs to be set up next in the notebook. One side of the T-Chart should be What I notice (Observations) and the other side should be (What I wonder about?). Students will need to list wither 4mm in the margin or 2 blocks in the margin based upon which experiment they are doing first. It would be helpful to read the activity sheets for that lesson to get a clear pictures of how the notebook should be set up. The lab can accommodate 6 groups, 3 slope and 3 stream. Plan accordingly. If you plan to set up your notebook in the lab, you will probably only be able to get to one activity and will need to schedule another lab to allow them to do the other activity in Lesson 11. Because I wanted to focus on what to do in the notebook. I had students do the first one together and then observe, record and then wait for my go ahead before moving on to the next part of the experiment.
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">A book on erosion can be found on the Lesson Links Delta Science Erosion.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">We found that it is better to have students tape or paste their sketches of the vocabulary into their notebook after seeing pictures of the vocabulary. Then write the words into their "glossary" with a page number. Took a lot less time and accomplisted the same results.

__**<span style="color: #21b030; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Lesson 12 **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Continue with Slope and Stream Activity have student write reflections and thinking. Have student write a testable question. Teach them what a testable question looks like and discuss the parts. (Carolyn we need some resources for this)

__**<span style="color: #21b030; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Lesson 13 **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Students choose a testable question and are grouped, then they write procedures in their Science Notebooks

__**<span style="color: #21b030; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Lesson 14 **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Students test out their testable question. Predict what will happen, observe and record what takes place, and reflect on the process of the experiment. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">As an extension/option: Have groups create a poster which includes: Their Question, procedure, conclusions, picture/diagram, further questions. Each group will then share their posters with the rest of the class. The poster is part of the share out for inquiry.

__**<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Lesson 15 **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Assessment is the inquiry, open ended questions about the water cycle, and the Performance Assessment.