Lesson Overview

Earth’s Land and Water

Less Overview Time Other Things to Know: Advance

on Preparation
1 • Pre Assessment 20 min *Need School Globe
• Surface of Earth 30 min *Need Apple and Knife
*Make: Earth’s Land and Water chart-
used in unit
2 • Major Features 50 min *Copy: Powell’s Journey
• Learning about Early 50 min *US Map Bulletin Board
Scientists *Personal Photos of landforms – internet
pictures
*Prepare moisten soil for each team
3 • Landforms 50 min *Make & Laminate Word Sort Card Set
• Expert Groups: 50 min *Provide Trade Books, posters,
Landforms 50 min magazine…
*Prepare landform labels for students
4 • Major Bodies of Water 50 min *Make & Laminate Word Sort Card Set
• How Rain Flows 50 min *Collect dime/quarter size stones and
Downhill leaves
*Book: Follow the Water from Brook to
Ocean
5 • Water as a Liquid & 45 min *Make & Laminate Word Sort Card Set
Solid 45 min *Need: Ice Cubes
• Path of Melting Snow 10 min *Make: Properties of Water chart
and Ice
6 • Path of Rainwater 50 min *Observation over a period of time
• Plants Help Protect 10 min *Clean up last activity
Land 50 min *Prepare set-up model
7 • Ground Water 45 min *Prepare cup of pebbles and cup of
45 min colored water
*Make Class Chart: Marbles, Pebbles,
Sand Data
8 • Rainwater 50 min *Make & Laminate Word Sort Card Set
50 min *Prepare soil containers
50 min *Need water for each group
9 • Bodies of Water 50 min *Book: Follow the Water from Brook to
• Expert Groups: Water 50 min Ocean
50 min *Book: Oceans
*Provide Trade Books, Posters,
Magazines …
10 • Household Uses for 50 min *Need: Clean one-gallon milk jug(s)
Water 50 min *Book: A Cool Drink of Water
11 • Sources of Drinking 55 min *Save aquarium gravel for following
Water 55 min activities
• Construct a Model of a *Collect dime/quarter size stones and
 Well leaves
*Make Model: groundwater models
12 • Plants/Animals Need 50 min *Need: Celery Stalks/Carrots w/ leafy
Water 50 min tops
50 min
13 • Polluted Water Sources 60 min *Find Miniature Houses
60 min *Prepare Pollutants & Straws
60 min *Build: Model of landscape of
neighborhood
14 • Landforms and Water 60 min *Copy: Earth’s Land and Water Product
Model 60 min Descriptor
• Post Assessment *Make: Dough