Changing State

Name and describe processes associated with water changing state, that these processes can be reversed; explain the water cycle

Teacher background knowledge

QCA/DfES schemes of work for this unit. Learning objectives / outcomes, vocabulary, resources and suggested activities.

Support materials for this QCA unit. Available as a word document from the 4S (Surrey) website. Still there, but you need to register first.  It is free to register and you'll be able to access some other very useful resources.

Key knowledge and progression of ideas. Selected pages from the 4S document above. Very valuable for teachers developing thinking skills in science (Word)

The Hydrologic Cycle All you need to know about the 'water cycle'

Teaching sites

BBC science clip Brilliant for use on interactive whiteboard / data projector too.

Virtual Experiment 5 & 6 e-learning available online for LGfL users

Water A US site with an excellent virtual experiment about evaporation

Animated diagram of the Water Cycle (BBC)

Water goes Around This E4S website is worth a visit. Choose Online activities for the Water in science curriculum - then select 4

Water Cycle A US site with flash animation and sequencing challenges too.

A big colourful water cycle diagram With labels available in a range of languages. Possibly more suited for gifted pupils

Evaporation in the Water Cycle US site Simple animation where wind, temperature and humidity can be adjusted to show their effect on the rate of evaporation

Precipitation in the Water Cycle US site A great site for G&T pupils. Adjust the air temperature at different levels in the atmosphere to see what falls from the clouds - snow, sleet, hail, rain....

World Water Supply A table of percentages can be found on this site. Almost all of it is in the oceans !

Hotter or Colder ? (BBC) A multimedia site. Understanding temperature in degrees centigrade

Changing State Two drag and drop activities from Crick Primary School, Northampton

Changing Matter Using particle theory to explain the effect of heating on solids and liquids. From the Middlesborough grid.

Science Essentials Web pages from the Channel 4 site deal with this unit.

A song about the Water Cycle A full length sample mp3 file with the lyrics displayed too. From the science groove website

How a cooling tower works From the Industry Animated website - engaging and informative

Harringay Weather Station North Harringay primary school is the site of an LGfL weather station. The data is updated every minute ! Local weather information on your doorstep.

Powerpoint

Evaporation as particle theory Flash animation from Education using Powerpoint website. Download as a zip file

Video Resources

BBC Learning Zone  There are some excellent clips to use in the classroom linked to this topic

Science Tube - What stuff does  Aiming to bring the WOW factor back into teaching and learning. From the Teachers' TV website

States of Matter Bit like a Royal Institution lecture in parts, but with some challenging questions for pupil talk and great images. Select the relevant parts You will need RealPlayer to view these videos.

Condensation onto a cold plate. Requested by a science co-ordinator to make those important teaching points. The file is quite large at 4MB. It will play in Windows media player download now

Amazing images

Real snow crystals    Some incredible pictures of snow crystals, really showing the beauty.    Introduce the 'wow' factor into the classroom

Using ICT in teaching

Talent guidance Look at Lewisham's guidance on ICT activities for this QCA science unit in their Year 5 listing

Heating ice Guidance on using a data logger to measure temperature changes. Tables of results too.

Loan Data - logging equipment from the PDC and measure temperature electronically (find out more)

Easiteach resources

Water cycle dominoes. A domino game that challenges pupils to use their thinking skills Download this file

Water Cycle and evaporation. Includes video clip, concept cartoon and concept map. May take some time to download at 3MB ! Download this resource

Lesson Plans / Worksheets

A focussed Sc1 activity from Astra-Zeneca, enables assessment of one of the Sc1 strands - contributes to an overall Sc1 NC level at the end of the year. Visit this site to find out more

Science vocabulary

Label templates (Word) A covenient way to have large print copies of key vocabulary. Simply type in and print off ! Useful for lesson introduction and plenary

Key vocabulary cards for this unit Developed in one Haringey school for you to use/modify as needed

Sc1 Glossary for Y5 (Word) Sc1 key vocabulary to be taught in Y5. A great resource from Sheffield's science site.

Wallcards and Flashcards

Wall cards Iian Murray from Bounds Green is prepared to share.  'The idea is to have them on display in the classroom, probably around the Science display board.  They are large enough to be seen from across the room.  I printed these in colour and then laminated them' (Word)   Flashcards too (Word)

Concept Mapping (find out more)

An example of one approach: Pupil 'worksheet' (Word) Key words (Word) and Relationship words (Word) to be cut into 'cards', arranged, stuck down on a blank sheet of paper and annotated to represent the pupils' understanding

IWB Easiteach version of the same resource can be downloaded

A completed (Easiteach) example, for teacher reference, is also available (take a look)

An example of pupils' work Concept map on A3 sheet. Paired work

Whole class introduction on how to build a concept map (Word)

Further concept map resources

Jeannette's Changing State Concept Map: Cut Out Key Vocab & Linking Words (Word)

Visit Jeannette's homepage

Topic revision

Card loop game Available from Sheffield's primary science website (Word)

2 way information gap activity

2 people have two different kinds of information. They need to communicate to complete the activity

Water cycle diagram with Sc labels (Word) Water cycle diagram with Gg labels (Word)

Water cycle diagram with no labels (Word) Water cycle diagram with both labels (Word)