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Subject Matter/Content:
Prerequisites:
What rain is
How to take a test
How to follow directions
What an experiment (inquiry) is
Key Vocabulary:
Precipitation – the liquid and solid water particles that fall from clouds and reach the
ground
o Drizzle
o Rain
o Snow
o Snow pellets
o Ice crystals
o Hail
Weather – what the air outside is like
Temperature – the measure of how hot or cold something is
Wind – moving air
Water cycle – when water moves from Earth to the sky and back again
Content/Facts:
Precipitation is when something falls from clouds, whether it is liquid or solid
Weather changes from day to day, and season to season.
Temperature is how hot or cold it is.
Wind is moving air.
Earth’s water moves in a water cycle.
Wind changes direction and speed.
A season is a time of the year.
The air is warmer in summer than in spring.
Fall has cooler air than summer.
Winter has fewer hours of daylight than fall.
Summer has the most hours of daylight.
Introduction/Activating/Launch Strategies:
Students will be told that we are going to begin a new unit that is all about weather.
Students will be told that they are going to take a pretest today to see what they already
know and that it is not a bad thing if they struggle to figure out the answers.
Students will be told that after the pretest, we will be talking a little bit about rain and
that we will be doing a rain cloud experiment.
Development/Teaching Approaches
Teacher will pass out the pretest for students to complete
o While students take the test, teacher will finish preparing the materials for the
experiment
Teacher will collect the finished pretests and begin to talk about rain
Students will be called over to the carpet so that the teacher can read Down Comes the
Rain
After completing the reading, the teacher will ask students some things that they
learned about rain from the story
o Wait for student responses
Comes from clouds that are big and small, comes from black, white, and
gray clouds, etc.
Share information about rain with students
o Clouds are made up of many tiny drops of water. The drops may join and get
heavier. When the drops get too heavy, they fall as rain.
o Rain falls from clouds in the sky in the form of water droplets, this is called
precipitation
o Water can also fall from the sky in the form of hail, sleet, or snow
o Rain is an important part of the water cycle
o Weather radar is used to detect and monitor rain
Rain Cloud in a Jar Experiment
o Students will be told that it is time for the Rain Cloud in a Jar experiment
o Students will be given their supplies
Mason jar
Water
Food coloring
Shaving cream
o Directions will be given one at a time by the teacher, and as the directions are
given, students will complete the directions step by step as we go
Fill the mason jar with water, about half way
Put shaving cream on top of the jar of water, for about 5 seconds
Talk to the kids about how the water droplets rise in the air and
condense on dust particles
A huge group of them together is a cloud
Explain that the shaving cream is the cloud
Add drops of food coloring
Once it gets wet enough, it will start to rain
Just like a real cloud, once the cloud gets too heavy, the food
coloring falls from the shaving cream, like the rain does from a
cloud
Closure/Summarizing Strategies:
Have each group clean up their experiment materials and their desks if they made a
little bit of a mess
Ask students what we learned about rain today and give them time to share their
responses
Tell students that we will be talking about the water cycle tomorrow
After hearing student responses, call students to line up for a bathroom break by hair
color
Accommodations/Differentiation:
Student A does not take tests, so he will work with his aide and his flashcards (sight
words, numbers, etc.)
Student A will work with his aide and his device to assist him in working with his team
during our inquiry.
Materials/Resources:
Pretest
Down Comes the Rain
o Branley, F.M., & Fraswer, M.A. (2017). Down comes the rain. Harpercollins
Inc.
Rain Cloud in a Jar experiment directions
o Jars
o Shaving cream
o Food coloring
o Water
o About MeganSheakoskiMegan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a
blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t
have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play., et. al.
“Make a Rain Cloud in a Jar.” Coffee Cups and Crayons, 31 Mar. 2015,
www.coffeecupsandcrayons.com/make-rain-cloud-jar/.
Harcourt Science Textbook (Earth Science)
o Jones, R.M. (2002). Harcourt Science. Orlando: Harcourt School.
Fun Rain Facts for Kids – Interesting Information about Rain. (n.d.) Retrieved
February 20, 208, from http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/weather/rain.html.
Reflective Response:
Report of Student Learning Target/Objectives Proficiency Levels
Additional reflection/thoughts
Amount Right Percentage
Student A
Student B
Student C
Student D
Student E
Student F
Student G
Student H
Student I
Student J
Student K
Student L
Student M
Student N
Student O
Student P
Student Q
Student R
Student S