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Third graders generate ideas as to where water goes when it disappears, predict what happen to water left on a plate overnight according to its' location, the evaporation of water on plates and come to a conclusion as to why the amounts of water vary.

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making predictions, evaporation, water

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evaporation, experiement, predictions, water, science
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Grade
3rd
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
Year
1996
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