How is ice like music?  If you don’t C sharp, you will B flat.

Just a Note:  This post is primarily for personal reference.  However, you should really check the link for A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Water if you are not familiar with this book.  It’s a science trade book written by Walter Wick, the photographer for the I Spy series.  The photographs are truly extraordinary.  I was introduced to the book at a literacy workshop which uses it as one of their mentor texts.  Subjects such as surface tension, evaporation, condensation, and states of matter are written in short paragraphs.  I dare you not to buy it once you discover this gem.

5-E lesson plan model : Solid, Liquid, and Gas

TEKS:  3.5 B

Objectives:  The students will: be able to describe and classify 3 states of matter, explaining the physical property of shape of each

Materials:  A Drop of Water by Walter Wick

For each group: 1 balloon full of frozen water labeled #1, 2 balloons – 1 with some water, labeled #2– the other full, labeled #3, 1 balloon full of air labeled #4

Science notebooks, Anchor charts: solid, liquid, gas; Venn Diagram

 

 

 

 

5-E Phases	Teacher   What the teacher will do	Process   Eliciting questions   Formative Assessment	Students   How will you know students have learned?   Student responses
Engage:_5__minutes	Show pictures in A Drop of Waterbut don’t read  Assess, and teach following vocabulary if  necessary: matter, property, states of matter, solid, liquid	What do you notice about the water?Do we have anything in common with water?	Students will make observations of pictures.       (teacher doesn’t give answers)
Explore:_20__minutes	Observe and listen.Possibly ask open ended questions	In small groups, children will record observations of their balloons in their science journal using their senses.The students will construct a simple table (TEKS 3.2 B)	The children should collaborate with one another.  There are no wrong answers at this point.
Explain:_15__minutes	Lead children to explain what they did. Teacher and children discuss activity.	Read pp. 21-23 A Drop of Water vocabulary: gas, water vapor, evaporation Concept: solid has a definite shape, liquid goes to the bottom and takes the shape of the container where it is, gas spreads out to take the shape of its container completely	Students will analyze and communicate conclusions as a class. (TEKS 3.2 C,D)
Elaborate:_20__minutes	Share solid, liquid, gas poem on Anchor charts.		Children put correct pictures onto Anchor charts.
Evaluate:_20__minutes	Provide students with tri-Venn diagram to put into science notebook.	Compare/Contrast 3 states of matter.  Provide examples of each	Fill out Venn Diagram.