Lesson Planning

Teaching

Activities

  1. Explore the properties of water by looking at puddles in the playground (Yr1).
  2. Talk and write about the best ways of observing and measuring how puddles change over time (Yr2).

Investigation - exploring, observing over time
Create puddles in shallow containers or plastic sheets. Drawing chalk lines around the puddles, measure and observe the changes and make predictions. Discuss evaporation.
Year 1 - Understand that water is a material.
Year 2 - Talk and write about the best ways of observing and measuring how puddles change over time

Vocabulary
Water, ice, melts, frozen, observe, materials, properties