Georgia S1E1.b

Science1st GradeEarth and Space Science

The Standard

Ask questions to identify forms of precipitation such as rain, snow, sleet, and hailstones as either solid (ice) or liquid (water).

Georgia Standards of Excellence for Science · Obtain, evaluate, and communicate weather data to identify weather patterns.

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students ask simple questions about what falls from clouds and use observations or pictures to identify it. They sort each form by whether it is liquid water or solid ice.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student correctly names rain, snow, sleet, and hail from clear examples. The student classifies rain as liquid and the other three as solid, then explains the choice using visible details.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think sleet is very cold rain and classify it as liquid. They may confuse hail with snow or think melting changes what the precipitation was when it fell.
How to Assess It: Show pictures of rain, snow, sleet, and hail. Ask students to label each picture, circle solid or liquid, and write one question about an example.

Lesson moves

Students examine cups of water, shaved ice, ice pellets, and ice balls, then label each model and sort it as solid or liquid.
Show a picture of sleet and ask, "What questions could help us decide whether it is solid or liquid?"
Play Precipitation Four Corners: call out or show a weather clue, and students move to rain, snow, sleet, or hail, then say solid or liquid.
Read a local forecast naming rain, snow, sleet, or hail, and have students mark whether people would see liquid water or ice.

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