Concept Attainment

Lesson Title: Water Evaporation Cycle

Targeted Grade Level: 5th Grade

Academic Subject: Science

Lesson Goals:

To learn the evaporation phase of the water cycle.

To understand the concept of evaporation and its place in the water cycle.
To discern the different ways to achieve evaporation.

TEKS Standards:
(i) Scientific practices. Students ask questions, plan and conduct investigations to
answer questions, and explain phenomena using appropriate tools and models.
 (3) Scientific observations, inferences, hypotheses, and theories. Students are
expected to know that.
(b) Knowledge and skills.
 (C) listen actively to others' explanations to identify relevant evidence and engage
respectfully in scientific discussion.

Lesson Objectives:

 Define and understand the phase of Evaporation and its place in the water
cycle.
 Through concept attainment, students will be able to apply their knowledge
of Evaporation.
 This includes discussing examples of evaporation and non-examples.

Materials/Resources Needed:

 Index Cards (For examples and non-examples each student will have 2
examples of evaporation and 2 non examples.

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  Dry Erase board (YES/NO examples and Non-examples, for students to write
and change their hypothesis)
 Dry erase markers
 Worksheet (examples and non-examples of evaporation in our daily life)
 Watch video as a class on water evaporation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9l0s5zVibo

Lesson Components:

Phase1: This particular activity should take a 40-minute class period. In the
beginning discuss your favorite things about water. Favorite body of water, favorite
memory involving water, and then ask students to share their favorites and
memories. Ask where do we see water? How do we use water in the home? Ask
students to imagine a tea kettle on the burner, what will eventually happen when
the kettle gets hot enough? Imagine a pot of water starting to boil, what will
eventually happen?

Phase 2: On the board make two columns, Yes/No.

Place examples and nonexamples in their proper columns.
Examples can be a tea kettle steaming, boiling water, Ironing wet clothes, a sweaty
person, line dry clothes, steam over a body of water. Nonexamples could be smoke
from a campfire, a foggy sky, condensation on a glass.

Phase 3: Where there is water is there evaporation happening? With a simple

definition of evaporation ask the students to give a hypothesis of what they think
happens during the evaporation process.
-How is the water changing?
-What is causing the change in the water?
-Where is the water coming from?
-Where is the water going?

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-What are the big differences and similarities between these two pictures that you
have noticed?
-Why is it important to know that concept(____________) happens when water is in
this condition? How does this change your thinking, and did it go with your
hypothesis?
-What are the traits that you are noticing?

Evaluation:
After assessing examples and nonexamples, students will share their findings in
small groups and then as a class.
Students will list the key attributes of evaporation
List of Key Attributes of Evaporation:
● Water turns to water vapor by adding heat.
● Steam (water vapor) rises upward.
● Water moves upward.
● Liquid turning to gas (change of state).
● Happens on the surface of a liquid

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