Learning+Experience+1

Learning Targets:
 * I can name and describe several kinds of liquids.
 * I can remember and comment on other students' ideas about liquids.

This lesson is an introductory conversation. It can be done in a series of small conversations at Morning Circle or other times of the day.


 * 1) Write some liquids on the board: water, milk, oil. Ask them to add to the list. Only write down things that are liquids. (This is kind of like playing Guess My Rule: "No, that doesn't fit my rule." if they say something that is not a liquid/) After there are about 8 - 10 things on the list, ask if they know a word to describe all the things on the list. If no one says the word liquid, introduce it.
 * 2) Have pairs brainstorm other liquids and write them on index cards or stickies. After 5 minutes, have them read them out loud and add them to the chart. Put duplicates on top of each other. Prompts: What liquids do you have at home? At school?
 * 3) Turn and talk: "How would you describe liquids to someone who has never seen them before?" Share and chart responses and try to come up with some definitions.
 * 4) Maybe do this as a "science talk" with students throwing the koosh ball and sharing ideas.
 * 5) Follow the rules of accountable talk: you must listen and understand what each other are saying, you must speak so others can hear you.
 * 6) Explain our new physical science unit is going to be about liquids. Hydrodynamics means the study of liquids and how they move.
 * 7) Make a web on chart paper of ideas about liquids. Make another list of as many liquids as students can think of. Questions to ask:
 * 8) What do you do with liquids?
 * 9) Where do you find liquids?
 * 10) What kinds of liquids are in grocery stores? Drugstores? Where else?
 * 11) When they are done, ask if anyone learned anything new or surprising, or heard an idea they would not have thought of.
 * 12) Tell them we will be able to add to the web and the list throughout the unit.