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| Introduction | | Task | | Process | | Evaluation | | Teachers |
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Scientists
classify all the materials on earth in one of three categories of matter
- solid, liquid, or gas. Each category has different
properties.
Some materials are difficult to classify as solid, liquid or gas. |
| Solids look different to liquids. | 
A chair is a solid. |
| Liquids look different to gases. |  Milk
is a liquid. |
| Gases are different to both solids and liquids. Gases are usually invisible. |  Steam
is a gas. |
| Detective Dan has a problem and needs your help! |
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| Detective Dan
has been told that water is sometimes a liquid, sometimes a solid and
sometimes a gas. Your job is to join Dan's detective team to discover how that happens. |
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With your partner you will search for the facts about water. |
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Discover the mystery of the 3 states of water. |
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Investigate the water cycle and everything involved. |
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Look for clues, take notes, do experiments and solve puzzles and mysteries. |
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In the end you will have all the answers and will contribute 2 items to the Classroom Jeopardy Water Quiz. You will then qualify to be a Jeopardy contestant. Jeopardy is a game where contestants are given the answers and need to develop appropriate matching questions. |
| 1. | Brainstorm things you already know about water using this water survey. Click on the Water Survey. Save a copy to your computer folder or print it out. Complete the Water Survey. |
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| 2. | Use a Water Detective Notebook to record all your notes and the information you discover. Click on the Water Detective Notebook. Save a copy to your computer folder or print it out. |
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| 3. | Go to the following
websites. Hunt around and do your detective work.
 Scan the headings and look closely for keywords that will help you find what you are searching for. In your Detective Notebook make notes using dot points - don't write whole sentences or paragraphs. |
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| 4. | Open the Three States of Matter Activity sheet. Save a copy to your computer folder or print it out. Complete the activities and save your work. |
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Use a magnifying
glass to help your partner find hidden water words. |
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| 6. | Save or print a copy of the Water Cycle
Report. Search the web sites below
to find out as much information as you can about the Water Cycle. Record
what you find in the Water Cycle Report. |
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Work with your partner to unravel the Water Cycle Puzzle. |
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| 8. | Experiment with making your own Water Cycle. Print out the Making a Water Cycle Instructions. |
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| 9. | Save or print a Checklist. Check that all your investigations are complete. |
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| 10. | Once you have all the answers, report back to Detective Dan. Print a copy of all your reports, staple them together and hand them to Detective Dan. |
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Save to your computer folder or print a copy of the Self Evaluation Sheet. Complete the sheet. Your Self Evaluation needs to be handed in when the project is finished. |
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Your teacher will assess all your work against the Evaluation Rubrix. |
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