Content Activity Template
ECED 3214
Section
Fall 2013
Student Name
Abby Grace Townsend
Date
October 17,2013
Activity Name
Let’s Make a Rain Cloud
Curriculum Area
Science
Grade Level
First Grade
Credit to Source of
Activity Idea
http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/spring/rain-cloud-craft.asp
CCGPS or GPS
Content Standard
S1E1. Students will observe, measure, and communicate weather data to
see patterns in weather and climate.
a. Identify different types of weather and the characteristics of each type.
Students will be able to describe rain and why it happens.
Objective of the
activity
Materials Needed
Teacher needs:
Chart Paper
Tissue paper (various shades of blue)
Contact paper
Raindrop template
Cotton balls
Construction paper
Thin cardboard
Googly eyes
String or yarn
Students need:
Glue
Scissors
Teacher Directions
This will be the opening of a unit on weather. This lesson will be about
rain. The teacher will have a quick discussion with the class about how
much they know about rain. (Where it comes from, why it is wet, why
does it come from the sky) etc. The teacher will then perform a discussion
on rain providing facts and examples with charts and a cute video. After
the discussion, the students will create their own rain clouds and provide
2 facts about rain that they learned in the lesson. They will hang the rain
Student Directions
clouds throughout the room.
The students will participate in the class discussion and tell how much they
know about rain. They will listen to the lesson and watch the video on rain and
ask any questions if they have any. After the lesson, the students will create
their own rain clouds using cotton balls for the clouds and tissue paper for the
rain drops. The rain drops will be attached to the cloud using string. They will
write 2 facts about rain that they heard in the lesson. The raindrops will then
be placed around the room.
(attach worksheets, poems, prompts, etc to the activity)