Where the rain goes: 6th to 8th science
The water cycle, weather and climate. A free 6th to 8th 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: the water cycle, weather and climate.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: Where does all the rain go after a storm?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (15 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: where the rain goes.
- 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:
- Read: The Water Cycle Next Door (https://peabody.kids/library/the-water-cycle-next-door)
- Learn: The water cycle (https://peabody.kids/facts/water-cycle)
- Make: Make a cloud in a jar (https://peabody.kids/science-fair/projects/cloud-in-a-jar-temperature)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about where the rain goes, 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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