Hitting The Big Time With Climate Science Lesson Plan Template printable pdf download

Hitting The Big Time With Climate Science Lesson Plan Template

5E Lesson Plan

“Hitting the BIG TIME with Climate Science”

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Teacher: ______________ / __________________

Date:

Subject area / course / grade level: Climate Science, G5

Materials:

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6 tall graduated cylinders

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6 water containers (beakers)

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6 water droppers/syringes

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6 stirring spoons

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6 ziplock bags

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6 timers

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Playground sand

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Rocks or pebbles (to put at base of graduated cylinders and decrease “splash”)

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Paper towels (as needed)

Connecting to the Standard:

5-ESS2 Earth’s Systems

Performance Expectations:

5-ESS2-1 Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere,

and/or atmosphere interact.

Science and Engineering Practice:

Developing and using models.

Disciplinary Core Idea:

ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems

ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes

Crosscutting Concept:

Systems and System Models

Lesson objective(s):

NGSS Table: 5-ESS2 Earths Systems.

Through this learning experience, students will create a speleothem model using art sand to create “drip castles,”

similar to those many students make at the beach, reinforcing their growing understanding of time in the

weather/climate analysis, and deepening their understanding of the relationship between the geosphere,

hydrosphere and atmosphere.

Hitting The Big Time With Climate Science Lesson Plan Template