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ACTIVITY PLAN FOR PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION SUBJECTS
COUNTRY / CITY Portugal, Torres Novas.
SCHOOL Assentis and Chancelaria School Centre
LEVEL / AGE GROUP 5 years old
THE NAME OF THE
ACTIVITY The effect on water under different temperatures
TITLE OF THE LESSON
TOPIC / MAIN IDEA Place water:
• Under ambient temperature
• Under very cold temperature
• Under very hot temperature
Observe what happen
Science
SUBJECT
Why does water freeze in Winter?
Water, recipients, stove and freeze
MATERIALS
• To foresee what happen to water under different temperatures
• To observe what happen
OBJECTIVES
• To understand the experiment
Observation and experiments
METHODS AND TECHNIQUES First,the group should foresee what is going to happen to the water left on
the table, in the freeze or the boiled water.
Then after the experiment, children can observe what happened and they
have to explain it and understand why that happened.
In the end of the observation and the experiment, they systematized in
graphs what they had observed.
1. Filling 3 bottles up with water
2. Measuring the water temperature in the bottles
ACTIVITY 3. Leaving the water of the first bottle on the table
4. Pouring the water of the second bottle in the freezing tray and
place it in the freezer
5. Boiling the water of the third bottle
6. After some time, observe what is happening
7. Explaining and understanding what happened to the water of the 3
bottles
8. Presenting in graphs what happened with the help of the teacher

2. Assessment The children were very engaged and focused on the experiment. All of
them were very curious about the experiment and they understood why
sometimes in Winter the water is transformed into ice.
The group concluded that temperature (the cold, the hot and the ambient
atmosphere) changes the water state.