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Water on Earth: Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, Ponds & Ice — 5E Lesson Plan
Earth Science · 40 minutes
Grade 2
5E lesson flow
01
Engage
5 min
Teacher Does
Show closed sources.
Students Do
Ask where water might be.
Ask
- What information could help?
Look For
Picture/text features.
02
Explore
10 min
Teacher Does
Open four liquid cards one at a time.
Students Do
Identify places.
Ask
- What does the label say?
Look For
Four named places.
03
Explain
7 min
Teacher Does
Open glacier and ice-cap cards.
Students Do
Identify solid water.
Ask
- Which feature tells state?
Look For
Caption/label evidence.
04
Elaborate
11 min
Teacher Does
Provide full board.
Students Do
Sort all six with names.
Ask
- Did every card get placed?
Look For
4 liquid, 2 solid.
05
Evaluate
7 min
Teacher Does
Show a new card.
Students Do
Name place, state, evidence feature.
Ask
- What supports your answer?
Look For
Not color-only.
Student goal
I can use source features to identify water place and state.
Learning objectives
- Use pictures, labels, captions, and short text to identify places where water is found on Earth.
- Classify water in the lesson evidence as liquid water or solid ice and support the classification with information from the source.
Materials
- Six closed source cards
- Evidence board
Before class
- Make labels readable.
- Ensure color alone is insufficient.
- Open Read Aloud.
Prior knowledge
- Students know familiar water.
- Students can use picture labels.
Vocabulary
- ocean
- A very large body of salt water.
- river
- Water flowing across land.
- lake
- Water surrounded by land.
- pond
- A small body of water surrounded by land.
- ice
- Water in solid form.
Differentiation
- Read captions aloud.
- Use large state icons.
Assessment
- Check all six cards.
- Check separate evidence-feature choice.
Exit ticket
Name a water place, state, and source feature.
Extension
Create a labeled new source card.