Water

For hands-on activities about states, behavior, and effects of water that connect science with real life, choose Water. This book, designed with good science and easy teaching in mind, covers these concepts:
water is a liquid with certain properties
water occurs in three forms in nature
cold changes water from a liquid to a solid
heat changes water from a liquid to a gas
the changes water makes are part of a cycle
people need water to live
moving water can do work

Activities help children practice skills in: observation, analysis, communication, making comparisons, prediction, critical thinking, and recording. Areas of study address major themes such as: change, function, structure, diversity, and cause and effect

Samples of the hands-on learning experiences:
investigate to discover the properties of water
make a water wheel to prove that water can move things
sequence pictures and write about the water cycle
make different kinds of "clouds" to put in a cloud book
experiment to find out about condensation and evaporation

Contains many reproducible, ready-to-go resources, such as record sheets, logbook forms, minibooks, and picture cards. Illustrated throughout with fun, helpful line art. All 80 pages perforated for easy removal.