Lesson Plan
Unit Topic: Environmental Science

Grade level: Third

Lesson Topic: The Water Cycle
 
Lesson Objective: The students will identify what The Water Cycle is and the steps of the Water Cycle. After a class discussion the students will be paired up to complete a handout. After they complete the handout they will complete The Water Cycle online Quiz.

Instructional Techniques:
-Class Discussion
-Students will be given a worksheet that will help them complete the computer quiz. (Group Activity)
-Computer quiz (individual)

Instructional Materials:
-Computer/ IPad
-Handout, Pencil

Theoretical Perspective:
This information is important for my students to learn because we are going to be learning about our ecosystem and water is the most important component of the ecosystem.

Procedure:
A. We will have a class discussion on the Water Cycle. I will first start by doing an overview of the Water Cycle and the steps on it. I will ask my students if they know anything about the Water Cycle and the if they know the stages. It will be more of a lecture with a video at the end. After I go through the stages of the Water Cycle and make sure the students have a good understanding on what the Water Cycle is I will pair my students up to complete a handout.

B. The handout will be passed out to the groups of two. They will complete the handout together and help each other out if they need it. The handout will give the students a better understanding of the steps of the Water Cycle. I will go over the directions of the handout and walk around to see if any of the students have questions. When the students are done completing the handout they will go to a computer or Ipad (which ever is available). The students will do the online quiz independently. While they are completing the quiz the students will refer back to their handout to see if they got anything wrong because the questions on the quiz will be similar. After they complete the online quiz the students will sit quietly and take out their independent reading book to wait for all of the students to be done.

C. After the students are all done we will have another class discussion about the quiz and handout. The students will be asked what the steps are of the Water Cycle. The students will hand in their handout for a grade.

Evaluation:
A. Did the students understand the water cycle?
B. Were the students able to answer the questions about the water cycle on the handout/ quiz?

In order to make sure that the objective is met; I will grade the students handout that they filled out with the quiz. This will give me an understanding if the students understood the water cycle because the handout was similar to the quiz.

Handout

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