Activity Introduction
Quick summary: In this activity students are asked to imagine that they have to explain the water cycle to someone who has never heard of it. They will need to think creatively about how to show the movement of water through the water cycle.
Key lessons and understandings of activity:
- Water moves naturally through our environment and our planet. We can use different ways to explain the water cycle.
Australian Curriculum Mapping
Content descriptions:
Year 3 Science
- With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge (ACSIS053)
- Represent and communicate ideas and findings in a variety of ways such as diagrams, physical representations and simple reports (ACSIS060)
Year 3 English
- Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print,and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose (ACELY1682)
Year 4 Science
- With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge (ACSIS064)
- Represent and communicate ideas and findings in a variety of ways such as diagrams, physical representations and simple reports (ACSIS071)
Year 4 English
- Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts containing key information and supporting details for a widening range of audiences, demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features (ACELY1694)
Syllabus Outcomes: ST2-4WS, EN2-2A.
Topic: Water
Year levels: 3 and 4
Indoor or outdoor activity: Indoor
Time required: 30mins
Learning areas addressed: Science, The Arts (Media Arts).
Level of teacher scaffolding: Assist students with activity.
Resources required: Printed worksheets, art materials.
Homework and extension opportunities: Parts of this activity can be used as homework.
Cool Australia’s curriculum team continually reviews and refines our resources to be in line with changes to the Australian Curriculum.
Teacher preparation