Detailed Lesson Plan in Science IV, V and VI

I. Objectives
Cognitive: To identify the 4 phases of water cycle
Affective: To develop awareness on the proper consumption of water
Psychomotor: To show the stages of water cycle through hand gestures/mnemonics

II. Subject matter

a. Topic: Water cycle
b. Materials: pictures, overhead projector, video clip, cartolina and pentel pen
c. reference: Earth and space Science 4
d. Value integrated: proper conservation of water
III. Instructional Procedure

Preliminary Activities

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

Good morning pupils Good morning, maam

How are you today? We are fine
It’s good to hear that from you.
Everybody stand and pray The pupils will stand and pray
Today, you are going to learn
something new! Are you
ready? Yes, we are ready
Well, if you are all ready, may I invite everybody The students will actively participate
to stand for an energizer.
….ENERGIZER…..
Thank you pupils. You may take your seats. The pupils will sit

A. Preparatory Activities
1. Drill
I prepared an activity for you.
Directions: Encircle the names of bodies of water found
in the puzzle.

R S E A P
V I S U O The pupils will find the correct names
B Y V D N of bodies of water
L A K E D
X F H G R
F A L L S

Good job Class! Give yourself a very good clap.

 2. Review

Class, What was our lesson yesterday? Our lesson yesterday was
about the different types of clouds

Very good! If you really understood our lesson

yesterday I prepared an activity for you

The name of this activity is “TELL ME Who I am”

I will describe each type of cloud then you have to name
the type of cloud I am referring to. Do you understand? Yes we do

1. I am a puffy cloud that looks like a puff of cotton. Who I am? cumulus clouds
2. I am a cloud that looks like a feather. Who I am? cirrus clouds
3. I indicate fair weather when I scattered in a fair blue sky. Who I am? Cirrus clouds
4. I am a low cloud that covers most of the sky. Who I am? stratus
5. I am a rain cloud. Who I am? nimbus

Excellent! Clap your hands for those who answered.

B. Developmental Activity
1. Motivation
The teacher will show the globe and
will explain the following to the class.
75% of the earth surface is filled with water and 25% of
the earth is covered with land. Therefore, water covers a
wider area of the earth surface than land.
Motive question
Do you think the amount of water on earth
decrease since its existence?
Who says no? and who says yes? Answer may vary
The amount of water in earth does not change.
It remains the same. Why ? Today we will find out

2. Value Integration
When do you use water? I use water every-day in taking a bath,
washing , watering the plants,
laundering, drinking, cooking
and many more in my
daily task.
We cannot survive without water
Water is very important.
Do you turn the faucet off when not in use? Answer may vary

I heard from the weather forecast that there will be

 long El Nino break for the next coming month.

What do we need to do to prevent water

shortage? we need to use water properly

Very good. We need to use water properly.

3. Presentation

The teacher will challenge the students to think about

these questions: Where does the rain come from?
Where do clouds come from? 
These elements are part of something called the water cycle.
(The teacher will present the large diagram of a water cycle)

Water Cycle

This is a diagram of a water cycle.

4. Discussion

What is a water cycle? A water cycle is the process by

which water moves from place to place above, on,
and below the earth surface.

- Water cycle is made up of 4 process or stages such as

evaporation, transpiration, condensation, and collection.
Let us understand each stage one by one.

The first stage of a water cycle is evaporation.

Evaporation is a process when the sun heats up

water in seas, rivers, lakes, ocean and ponds then
turns it into water vapor or steam and rises up into the
air/atmosphere.
(the teacher will show an image of this process)

The second stage of the water cycle is condensation

- Condensation - as the water vapor rises higher into

 the air /atmosphere, it cools and condenses.
Condensation means that water changes from a gas
(water vapor or steam) to liquid (water droplets)
forming the clouds in the sky.
(the teacher will show an image of this process)

The third stage of water cycle is precipitation

Precipitation- The water keeps condensing to form

clouds, but when there is too much accumulation or
collection of water in these clouds, the clouds become
heavy. This means the air can no longer hold this much
amount. Rain is a form of precipitation.
(the teacher will present a video clip
Showing this stage)

The last stage is collection.

This happens when water go back together into the different
bodies of water, ground, plants and animals.

To let you understand fully the steps in water cycle

I prepared a mnemonic strategy using hand gestures for you
to easily remember the different stages of the water cycle.

        Evaporation: moving hands up like steam rising

        Condensation: moving hands together in the shape of a puffy "cloud”
        Precipitation: moving hands down like rain
        Collection: form a ring with your arms to form a lake

5. Generalization

Do you understand our lesson? Yes we do

What have you learned today? I learned that water cycle is the process
of which water transfer from
one place to another

How many phases are there in a water cycle? There are four phases in a water cycle
What are those stages? The stages of water cycle are evaporation
condensation, precipitation, and
collection

Explain each stage evaporation is the process in which

the sun heats up water in seas,
rivers, lakes, and ocean and turns it
into water vapor or steam and rises
up into the air/atmosphere

Condensation means that water changes

from a gas(water vapor or steam) to
liquid (water droplets) forming the
clouds in the sky.

Precipitation is the process formed when

get big and heavy with water, it falls
back to earth in a form of rain, hail,
snow and sleet

Collection is the stage of a water cycle

when a water turned back to the bodies
of water or in the ground.

Very good class !

6. Application
1. Guided Practice

Group Activity

I will group you into three.

Grade IV. Make an illustration of a water cycle

Group V. Sequencing of water cycle stages through numbering
Group VI. Explain each stages of the water cycle.

2. Independent Practice

Label each step in the water cycle using the words placed above the illustration.

Condensation Transpiration

Evaporation Collection
 IV. Evaluation

For Grade IV

Directions: Identify the cycle phase describe in each sentence. Write the letter of the correct answer on
the space before the number.

a. Water cycle
b. Evaporation
c. Condensation
d. Precipitation
e. Collection

____________1. It is the process wherein the water falls back to earth, it may go into the oceans,
lakes or rivers.
____________2. The sun heats up water in seas, rivers, lakes and oceans and turns it into water
vapor and rises up into the air.
____________3. The water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back to liquids into tiny drops of
water forming clouds.
____________4. The water moves from place to place above, on and below the earth surface.

____________ 5. The clouds get heavy and water falls back to earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet or
snow.

For Grade V

Answer find the hidden message worksheet

Find the words listed below

bath gas ice safe wisely water drink use tap wash sea snow

Find the hidden message u _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ y

For Grade VI

Compose a song and present to the class using the different hand gestures/mnemonics about water cycle.

V. Assignment:

For Grade IV

Make a collage of a water cycle illustrating its 4 phases.

For Grade V

Make a paper craft animation water cycle.

For Grade VI

Write a short explanation on the water cycle and enumerate/suggest ways on how you can help conserve
water and prevent water pollution.
Prepared by:

CHRISTINA ENGLIS
Student teacher