A Cyberlesson

Have you ever wondered where a water droplet travels after it leaves your faucet?

How about where that water drop came from?

Or how that droplet changes from a liquid to a solid?

What about from a liquid to a vapor?

Today you will travel all around the world with a water droplet and explore the many locations water

travels! During our journey you will discover possible answers to these questions along with

many others!!!

Water Cycle Reading

A computer with internet access

A pencil

An anticipation guide

“Raindrop, take us to the skies. Teach us how to vaporize.

Condense us so that we can flow to places only raindrops go.

Cycle with us through the trees, underground, beneath the seas.

Please explain the things you do, your special tricks and changes too.

In fact, some symbols shown in black would be more helpful keeping track.

Now show us how you work and play…Let’s tour the world, the ‘raindrop way.’

Then afterwards, when all is done, we’ll share your secrets, one by one.

P.S.:

Drop, if we lose you, don’t despair- we’ll find your face on each page somewhere.”By: Barbara Shaw McKinney

1. Fill out the anticipation guide by checking “agree” or “disagree” for each statement. We will learn more about these statements so it’s ok if you aren’t sure about some of them are right now.

2. Answer the questions about the picture.

3. Click on the picture below to watch a video of the water cycle and then write at least 3 things you observed water doing. Write the 3 things in the blank space on the bottom of the CUED RETELL REPORT FORM.

1. READ and HIGHLIGHT the WATER CYCLE READING. As you are reading please pay attention to the underlined terms in the reading.

2. Try to determine the meaning of the words from the diagram and context clues.

3. Look at the CUED RETELL REPORTING FORM and change the words FREE RETELL to AGREE and change the words CUED RETELL to DISAGREE.

4. On the CUED RETELL REPORTING FORM, check if you AGREE with the statement from the reading or you DISAGREE while you read.

1. Revisit your anticipation guide, revise what you “agree” or “disagree” with and write to justify your answers.

2. Click on the picture below to visit another diagram about the water cycle. After you have watched it click on the word “label” and move the names of the stages to match the pictures. If you

select the wrong stage it will not let you move it there, so try again!

3. Now that you have labeled the stages in the water cycle, lets see if you can fill in the blanks for this passage about the water cycle. Click on the picture below and test your knowledge. Good Luck!!

1. Click here to read some additional fun facts about water. Then click on the picture to test your knowledge!

2. When you finish your cued reading, complete the “Water Cycle Cloze Reading” by yourself.

A Drop Around the World by Barbara Shaw McKinney

Thirstin’s Water Cycle http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html

CrickWeb http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=watercycle

EAP- Ground and Surface Water: Kid’s Fun http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/waterfactsoflife.html

Thirstin’s Question and Answer Game http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_qagame.html

The Water Cycle http://www.kidzone.ws/water/

Reading Comprehension- The Water Cycle http://education.jlab.org/reading/water_cycle.html

Images:

Thirstin’s http://www.upperdublin.net/images/information/thirstinws.gif

Water Drop http://universityspacafe.com/images/water_drop.png

Slide 8 Water Cycle http://cnobleza.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/watercycle2.gif

Slide 9 Water Cycle http://education.jlab.org/reading/water_cycle.html