Material for the lesson

Phase 1. A glass of water.

Phase 2 and 5. Music video:

Phase 3. “Note cards” Copy and cut out cards so that there are enough cards for each student in the class to have one.

Layout of the classroom

Phase 1 and 2. Normal classroom setting.

Phase 3, 4 and 5. The empty classroom to move freely.

Phase 1

The teacher brings a glass of water and put on the teacher desk. The teacher asks the students ‘How old is this water?’

After the students guess the teacher explains. The water in the glass may have fallen from the sky as rain just last week, but the water itself has been around pretty much as long as the earth has!

When the first fish crawled out of the ocean onto the land, the glass of water was part of that ocean.  When the Brontosaurus (dinosaur) walked through lakes feeding on plants, the glass of water was part of those lakes.  When kings and princesses, knights and squires took a drink from their wells, the glass of water was part of those wells.

video

Tips to the teacher: The telling the story of the water can be done in a way of storytelling.

Phase 2

The whole class watches the music video, which shows the water cycle with song. This gives some inspirations to the students for the next phase.

Phase 3

The teacher explains to the students that they are going to “act out” or pantomime the water cycle. The teacher lets the students blindly pick a note card. The students begin to act out the word on their card. Without talking to anyone, they are to group themselves with students they think have the same card (they will know this by watching the actions of the rest of the group). When everyone has found

a group, the students sit down. The teacher helps the students who do not find their group.

Phase 4

When each group is ready they stand and show the rest of the class their action. The other students guess what their word was.

Phase 5

The whole class watches the same video again. They can dance while they watch the video.