6th Grade Science Guide

Unit 4 6.3 Weather & Climate 3 Dimensions & Progressions

● I can create a model

● Incredible Journey Game Overview ● Incredible Journey

● With a roll of the die, students simulate the movement of water in different reservoirs within the water cycle.

showing the water cycle

● I can explain water is

found in different states of matter in a variety of locations.

Station Labels and Dice

Activity: Water Cycle Reading

Objective

Overview

Materials

● Article ● Textbook Reading

● Divide the class in 2, have 1 group read the article, 1 group read the textbook. Students should then partner up and share important points from what they read. Teacher should lead the class in determining the key driving forces of the water cycle, and taking notes in their interactive notebook about those driving forces.

● I can create a model

showing the water cycle.

Activity: Capillary Action & Transpiration Demonstration

Objective

Overview

Materials

● Lesson plan

● Students complete a lab, or view a demonstration modeling how capillary action plays a role in the water cycle.

● I can create a model

showing the water cycle.

Activity: Heat of Evaporation/Cooling of Condensation

Objective

Overview

Materials

● I can explain evaporational cooling and condensation warming.

● This is a simple, yet effective, activity to

● Lesson Plan

reinforce the processes