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Weather, climate and oceans: 3rd to 5th science

Weather, climate and Earth's water. A free 3rd to 5th lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students work toward: weather, climate and Earth's water.

Hook (5 min)

  • Ask the class: Why is the ocean salty when rain is not?
  • Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.

Teach (15 min)

  • Say the big idea in one plain sentence: weather, climate and oceans.
  • Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
  • Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.

Practise (20 min)

  • Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
  • Visit: Explore: Climates on a 3D globe (https://peabody.kids/planet)
  • Read: Where Did the Puddle Go? (https://peabody.kids/library/where-did-the-puddle-go)
  • Read: Why Is the Ocean Salty? (https://peabody.kids/library/why-is-the-ocean-salty)
  • Make: A weather science project (https://peabody.kids/science-fair/about/weather)

Exit ticket (5 min)

  • On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about weather, climate and oceans, and one question I still have.
  • Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.

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