Title: Exploring the Properties of Water: A Hands-On Science Lesson for Kindergarten-2nd Grade

The instructions are to create a science lesson plan for a class between kindergarten-2nd grade using the attached lesson plan template,
In your lesson plan, you must:
follow the lesson plan format attached
incorporate at least one best practice of Inquiry-Based Learning – cite it in the Rationale section
incorporate an ELA standard and component
employ a reading comprehension strategy (choose one of the following strategies:   pre-teaching vocabulary, visualizing, activating prior knowledge,or self-monitoring  ) – cite it in the Rationale section
make your lesson student-centered
The PowerPoint attached contains explicit instructions about what to do in each section of the lesson plan. Watch each slide, and go through all the material.
Remember, a student-centreed lesson means that the students are doing most of the work. I don’t want to read about the teacher lecturing, giving worksheets, giving lots of explanations, giving quizzes, etc. I want to see students making hypotheses, recording data, experimenting, adjusting their hypotheses, drawing conclusions, researching using authoritative sources, etc.
Also, your lesson must be grade-appropriate. You cannot have second graders boiling water or kindergarten students writing paragraphs. Quizzes should generally be avoided before second grade. Make sure your lesson makes sense.
A few points to remember: The goal of teaching science is to promote critical thinking in students, not to spoon-feed knowledge. Learning should be hands-on, trial and error, outdoors, etc. You want to have the students asking the questions and finding the answers. You, the teacher, are just the guide on the side.
Attached are:
-Lesson plan template
-Powerpoint with detailed instructions how to fill out the lesson plan template
-additional tips on creating a good science lesson
-the rubric