U3 Interactive Display: Weather and Teacher Notes

the Water Cycle

Suggested use: after Lessons 4 & 5 (but can
be used after any lesson in the unit, too)
Time: 30 minutes (plus 5 minutes for the
extension activity)
The children will:
• Consolidate what they have learned about
different types of weather and the water cycle.
• Research facts about water.
Warm Up: before using the activities
• Write four weather words, e.g. snowy, foggy,
windy, and rainy on four pieces of paper. Place
each piece of paper in a different corner of the
room. Ask the children to go and stand next to the
word that is their favorite type of weather (from
the four displayed).
• Pairs: have children sit down and talk to each other
about why that weather is their favorite. Ask a few
children to report back to the whole class.
Part 2: Animation
• Play the animation all the way through and tell
the children to pay attention as they will need to
remember some of the words for the next activity.
Part 3: Interactive Wallchart
• Turn off the projector or IWB. Use the pen tool to
blank out the words evaporates, condenses, forms,
heavy, and falls from the text on the computer
screen.Turn on the projector or IWB. Have the
children tell you what the missing words are. Then
play the text to check.
• Next, click on the “Match” button, and ask a
volunteer to drag a word to the correct place.
Continue with the other words and different
volunteers.
Round Up: after using the activities
• Whole class: play the game “Hangman” with the
weather words or stages of the water cycle. For
example, draw the following dashes on the board
_ _ _ _ _, and have the children take turns guessing
the letters (foggy).

Procedure: using the activities Extension Activity

Part 1: Animation • Individual: write two or three sentences about
the weather where they live. Give the children
• Write on the board The weather changes. Elicit
a time limit of three minutes. Then ask two or
different types of weather from the children and
three children to read aloud their sentences.
write these on the board.
Either –
• Cover the top part of the screen where the text
appears and also turn off the volume. Play the
animation all the way through and pause for each
new type of weather. Each time you pause, ask a
child to say what the weather is like, e.g. sunny. • Have the children find out five facts about water,
Then turn on the volume and play the animation e.g. how much of the water on the planet is fresh
all the way through so the children can watch, water. They can then report their findings back to
listen, and check their answers. the class.
Or –
• Turn off the screen and play the animation all the
way through with children listening to the audio.
Pause for each new type of weather, and ask the
children to draw a weather picture. Then turn
on the screen and play the animation all the way
through so the children can check their answers.
• Have the children look out the classroom window
and tell you what the weather is like now.

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