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Theme... water

Trigger :  (different entries possible)

  • a show on the water

  • a documentary film

  • a local climatic event (heavy rain, storm, flood, snow, etc.)

  • a visit to the port, to the aquarium     etc.......

The water corner

Langage et éveil sensoriel :                    Petite section

  • Name the objects, say their color, say what they are used for

  • Manipulate, play at filling, emptying, with various utensils, refining the gesture

  • Make comparisons: compare sizes, capacities

Material :water table - baby bath in the doll corner - large mops - plastic aprons - bucket - plastic bottles - of different sizes - flasks - small containers - funnels - small watering can - sponge

Procedure:(see prep sheet)

Discover the world

Faire prendre conscience aux élèves qu'il faut éviter le gaspillage de l'eau
water in the house

Initial representations of the pupils - Search for water points - Understand the different uses of water

Initial question:

 

  • What is water?

  • Where do you find water in the house? at school ?

  • Which appliances use water?

  • Hygiene, toilet

  • food

  • Can we drink any water? (water tasting: tap water - still water - mineral - spring - sparkling water)

  • Other uses of water (garden, swimming pool, cleaning)

  • Listen to the noises made by the water (flush, tap, drop by drop, water being poured into a glass, etc.)

In the past, people traveled to fetch water. It's still like that in many countries.

At home, we turn on the tap and the water flows.

In each house, a meter indicates how much water has been used because it has to be paid for.  water is a natural resource but the installations and water treatmentare expensive.

Where does tap water come from ?(statement of hypotheses)

Diagram of the tap water circuit.

visit a dam

Where does the water flowing from the tap go?

follow the school pipes - the sewers - visit a sewage treatment plant

Language mastery

Memorize a varied repertoire of nursery rhymes and songs

Song: WHITE FISH

A fish at the bottom of a pond

Who was blowing bubbles 

who was blowing bubbles

A fish at the bottom of a pond

Who was blowing bubbles 

To pass time

BLUB BLUB BLUB

BLUBBLUBBLUB BLUBBLUB

A bird by the pond

Was watching bubbles 

Watched the bubbles

A bird by the pond

Was watching bubbles 

How fun!

BLUB BLUB BLUB

BLUBBLUBBLUB BLUBBLUB

What are you doing pretty white fish?

I blow bubbles

I make bubbles

What are you doing pretty white fish?

pinks and blues

According to the current

BLUB BLUB BLUB

BLUBBLUBBLUB BLUBBLUB

Has a clear fountain

Going for a walk

I found the water so beautiful

That I bathed in it.

 

I've loved you for a long time

I will never forget you !

 

Under the leaves of an oak tree

I got dried off

On the highest branch

A nightingale was singing...

Goutte d'eau

Je suis goutte goutte d'eau

Je suis née dans un nuage

J'ai le plus joli berceau

Avec je pars en voyage

Je suis goutte goutte d'eau

J'ai parfois un gros chagrin

Je pleurniche dès matin

Et puis j'éclate en sanglots

          Ce n'est pas malin

          Mais ça fait du bien

Marie Litra

downpour

A tree trembles in the wind.

The shutters slam.

As it rained, the water made puddles.

Leaves fly in the wind

who scatters them

And suddenly it's pouring rain.

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Pedagogical exploitation

My baby is like water

she is like living water

it flows like a stream

that the children pursue

run run

if you can

never never

you won't catch it

The four elements

 

The air is refreshing

The fire is devouring

The earth is turning

water – it's all different

 

The air is always wind

The fire is always moving

The earth is still alive

Water – it's all different

 

The air is always changing

Fire is always eating

The earth is always germinating

Water – it's all different

 

 

 

 

C.Roy

a single poem

The Blue Whale (Steve Waring)

Le printemps rit

Pluie ! Pluie ! Pluie !

Perles fines

D'opaline

Pluie ! Pluie ! Pluie !

Petite pluie

Qui n'en finit

 

Une éclaircie ?

Le printemps rit

Aux larmes, oh oui !

Marie Litra

Poisson d'avril

Poisson d'avril

Poisson d'argent

Au bout du fil

Etincelant

Poisson d'avril

Tu es parti

Poisson fragile

En confetti

                         Marie Litra

Il pleut et il mouille

C'est la fête à la grenouille

Il pleut, il fait beau

C'est la fête à l'escargot

Il pleut et il fait beau temps

C'est la fête aux p'tits enfants.

Discover the world

Existence of fauna and flora

Life can be found in water.

The pond, living environment:

  • Name the animals of the pond, the plants (vocabulary)

  • The big-mouthed frog(link)

Ecology

Protecting nature and preserving water are essential to life. Initiate the good gestures.

  • Identify signs of pollution (on beaches, riversides, at sea, etc.)

  • Avoid wasting water

L'eau est précieuse
  • Sensibiliser à la nécessité de préserver et d'économiser l'eau.

Matériel : des photos de rivières polluées, ou bord de mer

Réfléchir sur les images affichées :

  • Qu'est-ce que polluer ?

  • Pourquoi est-ce dangereux ?

  • Pour qui et pourquoi ?

=> Les animaux meurent à cause des sacs plastiques, des produits dangereux ; les plantes également peuvent être brûlées.

L'eau ne se fabrique pas, on doit utiliser les réserves existantes.

Réfléchir à la manière dont les élèves utilisent l'eau :

  • ​Quand utilisez-vous de l'eau ?

=> Lavage des mains, du corps, des dents, WC, nettoyer le matériel de peinture, arroser les plantes de la classe...

Il faut faire attention à ne pas gaspiller l'eau (prendre une douche au lieu d'un bain, couper l'eau quand on se brosse les dents, ne pas laisser couler l'eau inutilement...)

plastic arts

Color mixtures in water

Material: acrylic paint - powder paint - ink - transparent containers with water

The three elements are tested one by one in different containers.

  • the acrylic paint remains compact

  • powder paint dissolves

  • the ink is diluting

you can continue by adding another color and observe other effects depending on the gesture.

To enter the activity, read the work :   _cc781905-5c6_bbd183-5bbd-bad-31958The big wave 

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Inks: diluted blue

          _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_      pure blue

          _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_       orange yellow gel

          _cc781905-5cde-3194 brown

Make colorful fish:
making fish for a space structuring activity 
crayons + ink (red green yellow blue)

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Make a paper fish

fish jig

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Coloriage 

Discover the world

The landscapes

The ocean, the sea, the river, the torrent, the river, the stream, the spring, the lake, the pond, the pond, the puddle

  • The blue planet:

Observing the presence of water on our planet (poster of the earth seen from the sky)

  • The trip water:

When it rains, where does the water go?

The water takes the form of its container - The water follows the unevenness of the terrain - The water level always remains horizontal.

When you take a shower, when you flush the toilet... where does the water go? --> notion of waste water

  • Fresh water, salt water, drinking water, waste water

What water do you drink? bottled water (spring, mineral or sparkling) tap water --> notion of drinking water

Have you ever tasted seawater? --> salt water

Activity :   Mineral waters (related to taste)

  • At the seaside

Discover an environment and its activities - Read an image

  • from image:   (also rely on the experience of the students)

 

The beach   Acquire vocabulary

What is the beach?(vast expanse of sand covered by the sea at high tide - except for the Mediterranean)

What are the people doing on the beach?(sand castles, ball or racket games, kite flying, collecting shells, reading, tanning, etc.) What activities in the water?(swimming, diving, using an inflatable boat, a buoy, a surfboard, a windsurfing board, a paddle...)How is the sea?(calm, waves)What is the color of the flag? What can we see in the distance?(large boats, sailboats, oil tanker, freighter, tug, liner, etc.)

Identify high tide/low tide

What animals do we find?(starfish, mussels, cockles, winkles, sea urchins, small crabs,...)

Seashells are soft-bodied animals protected by a shell. Sometimes two articulated shells, which ones?

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When can we see them on the beach? Where are they at high tide?

Can a fish live like this out of water?

Can algae live out of water?

Fishing harbour  Acquire vocabulary

The port is a sheltered place, equipped to receive fishing boats.

The lighthouse - The fishing boats (trawlers) and the sea fishermen unload the fresh fish which will be sold at the auction - Angling on the pier - Repairing the nets (trawls) - the lobster, shrimp or lobster pots - the anchor - the wharf - the fishmonger - name a few fish (tuna, dab, sole, sardines, mackerel, monkfish, hake, etc.)

The marina

the sailboat, the speedboat, the boat, the pleasure boat, the quatamaran

 

  • from documentary books

What animals live by the sea? (birds, shells, fish...)

Do they live in sand, on rocks, in water?   Make a classification  of the animals thus found

Show images of pollution (cardboard, plastic waste, oil, ...)

To go further, we can show images of different coasts (sandy, rocky, cliffs)

What I understood :

The sea is a source of pleasure (leisure on the beach or at sea), a source of employment (sailors, biologists, diving or board instructors, MNS), and it provides wealth (fish, shellfish, salt, seaweed, etc.). .)

But it is threatened by pollution, it must be protected.           _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_          

The boats

used for fishing, transport of goods, passengers, pleasure boating, explorations, war

Crafting an object that can move on its own in water

Working on the theme of pirates (album: the 3 daughters of Erik the Red - a world to read) leads the pupils to develop in this area and to wish for the construction of boats.

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  2. Manufacturing analysis -> material to be recovered, materials that float (experimentation), stages

  3. Setting up manufacturing workshops 

  4. Experiment on the water -> small pool placed on tables at children's height

  5. Introduction of the concept of propulsion ->how can we sail our boat?= wind, oars, motor,... elastic, water

  6. Manufacturing workshops

  7. Experiment on the water

Elementary students can be asked for help to carry out this project, especially the manufacturing phases

Possible answers:

  • Jet engine (water spray, air spray)

  • Elastic motor (transmission and transformation of energy)

  • wind energy

Experimentation :

  • Air: compression (balloon, bicycle pump)

  • Water: orientation of the nozzle according to the direction of movement

  • Wind: orientation of the sail

  • Elastic motor: paddle wheel - rotation of the elastic according to the direction of movement (forward or backward) - the role of the elastic is to store energy

Climatic states

Rain, storm,...

The clouds :

  • Have your head in the clouds (oral language: what does this expression mean?)

  • The Cloud Sculptor (album) -link to page

The rain :

  • What is rain? let students express themselves

Where does the rain come from? Is it only the rain that falls from the clouds? And what is snow and hail?

If the weather permits let it melt in the class of snow or hail in a glass.

  • Rainy day, are you wet? --> concept of permeability

  • collect rainwater

  • What happened to the water in the puddles that disappeared in the yard?

=> infiltration into the ground? evaporation? experiment with wrung wet fabric and unwrung wet fabric hanging in the yard - role of sun, wind

Experiments to be carried out = see thehands-on website

The water cycle

Where does the water come from? 

Se document, understand the water circuit.

It is a natural phenomenon, evaporation/rain

Explore the material

The different states of water

Initial question: It's water ? Isn't that water?(to justify)

  • ice cubes

  • a cloud

  • fog

  • the snow

  • River

  • the steam coming out of the iron

  • fog on the windows, etc.

The liquid state of water:

  • "It flows, it wets, you can put it in your glass, if you spill it....... you can use a sponge..."

It is said to be liquid.

  • What is the color of water? 

Although it is often represented in blue, it is said to be colorless and transparent.

The solid form:

  • Snow, ice: observation in winter (weather permitting)

Unseen water:

  • water vapor

Experimentation

For these small experiments, use the experimental approach.

Initial representations of pupils (language/drawing) - hypotheses (what we think) - experiments (what we did, what we saw = graphic representation/schematization) - Final representations (what we understood = written trace)

  • Ice cubes - freezing

make ice cream(show that water turns to ice)

Problem :the solidification is done out of sight (you can use an ice cream maker and make ice cream in front of the students.)

Make ice cubes of different shapes, color them with syrups.

Water that turns to ice grows. (place a plastic bottle completely filled with water in the freezer without reseal it and observe - or mark the level)

Liquid water has become solid. Snow is also solid water.

Break ice using a hammer. (character "solid" of the ice)

Handling ice cubes. Warning ! the ice slips and escapes from the fingers.

Place a colored ice cube in a bottle of hot water as it is less dense than water, it will float and observe the melting, the ice swirling and flowing as it regains its liquid density.

Experience ofcast ironice cubes - Show reversibility of state change

Show that ice turns into water - role of temperature - role of cover

- in class

- in class undercover

- out

To go further: Role of temperature

 

  • Invisible water (water vapour)          Boiling, evaporation and condensation

Water evaporation (place a container of water in the classroom, mark the level and observe over several days.

Convert water to steam:

Make water vapor appear by placing a lid (glass plate or mirror) on a container of very hot water,observe the mist.

Hot water is lighter than cold water.

Evaporation of sea water:

The pupils have already seen that sea water is salty. But does it contain salt?

Put seawater in a plate and wait for the water to evaporate.

Where

Boil seawater in a saucepan until the water has completely evaporated and observe, taste the white powder that remains in the saucepan....it's salt

  • The water mixes...or not!      Dissolution :

Drop a few drops of ink into a glass of water, observe.

Do the same with oil. Compare: oil/vinegar, water/wine

What will happen if I put sugar (or salt) in the glass of water?

Experience :

Two identical glasses one with water+salt the other with water+cocoa. Which of these two glasses would you like to drink?

Water with cocoa does not make you want so we taste the other and oh surprise! It's not good.

=> water can contain things that are hidden (drinking water/non-drinking water)

What products can hide in water? sugar, salt, white vinegar, orange blossom water, bleach, ....

=> We see nothing, we cannot taste. How to do ? feel (related to the 5 senses)

Decantation: muddy water -> can I make it clear again?

Filtration:coffee filter-filter+cotton-filter+sand-filter+filter

  • Water takes the shape of its container  - conservation of matter

Transfer water into different containers - Show that the quantity of water (the volume) is conserved during transfers. Warning ! Water spills easily.

To go further: how to decant without pouring?

  • The water level always remains horizontal

Tilt the container in different ways and observe and then represent.(address the notion of horizontal surface for water at rest).

  • sink or float

-Floating liquids:

oil, paint,

-Floating objects:

Observe what happens when you put an object in water - Make assumptions about the fact that some objects float and others do not - Sort and classify objects according to the property: sinks or floats.

Material :

for each group: a basin of water - miscellaneous objects: paperclip, cork, polystyrene, ballpoint, pencil, wooden and plastic clothes peg, egg box cell, piece of wood, etc...

  • Make an object that floats by playing with material and shape

Choose the right tools and materials

Find out how to move it forward (air (wind), water (pressure), rubber band, hair dryer, etc.)

  • The watermill

compare with the windmill and become aware of the thrust of air or water

  • soap bubbles

Make a water/soap mixture (rely on experience: the bath, the dishes, the laundry)

Make a device to blow bubbles 

 

Written record 

Bring out the properties of water

The water is transparent

it flows

she doesn't smell

she has no taste

it takes the shape of the container

she turns into ice 

Bring out the properties of ice

She is hard

cold

it does not flow

she doesn't smell

she has no taste

she melts

it turns to steam

to note: the reversibility of the change of state and the conservation of matter

 

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