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Name of Activity: The Water Dance

Purpose of Activity: To teach the students about the changes in the four seasons by moving like water in each season. i.e. in the summer it is hot, so it moves fast and in the winter it is frozen, so it does not move.

Prerequisites: In the introduction to the lesson, the students should have a review of the different levels, pathways, and directions. They should also be aware of MO (momentum). The students will be told that big MO is when something is moving fast and little MO when something is moving slow. i.e. The students will move like the molecules of water. When it is cold outside water turns into ice and the water moves really slow and does not have very much MO, but when it gets hot, like bath water or hotter the molecules are moving really fast and have big MO.

Suggested Grade Level: K-2

Materials Needed: In the intro it helps to have flash cards with the seasons depicted on them. Use them to ask the students about the different seasonal temperatures.

Recommended music: Music that changes pace from fast to slow, or relaxing river/brook sounds.

Beginning dance formation: The dance can be contained in a circle in the gym, or by cones. I usually tell my students to pretend like they are in a big pond.

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