Water Cycle

Today we did an activity to help with our study of the Water Cycle.

The link can be found here:

http://www.csbsju.edu/Documents/Arboretum/communityeducation/libraryprograms/2009%20Art%20in%20Nature%20info%20flyer.pdf

We began by reading A Drop Of Water, and A Drop Around the World.  We discussed evaporation, condensation, and precipitation from our previous lesson and reviewed the foldable.

We made the dice and station cards prior to the activity, and put them at various desks around the room.  I spread them out so the students wouldn't be too crowded. 

To begin, tell students that they are going to become water droplets moving through the water cycle.  Describe the stations that water can move through (clouds, plants, animals, rivers, lakes, soil, glaciers, ocean, and groundwater).  Students choose one of them to start.  Then students make a prediction on where they might go next.  They put this on the left side of their activity sheet and continue until they have all nine lines filled in.  

Students then go to the station that they chose to start with.  At that station, they roll the die and write down what it landed on.  They then move to that station, or stay if they get the stop sign.  

Ask students to think about how the water moves from one station to another and what caused the movement.  Students then compare and discuss their journeys through the water cycle.

Water Cycle Quiz  http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_qagame.html

Water Cycle Video http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html

Water Cycle Activity http://archive.fossweb.com/modules3-6/WaterPlanet/activities/watercycle.html