The Water Cycleby: Meghan Maloney & Trisha Anderson

IntroductionTaskProcessEvaluationConclusion

Teachers page

Introduction Have you ever wondered where all the water you drink comes from? Is the water we have on

Earth today the same water that was here millions of years ago? Could you possibly be drinking the same water a dinosaur drank centuries ago?

Today we will investigate the water cycle and all the different parts.

TaskYou will be working with a partner to complete the following tasks:• Brainstorm 12 different ways that we use water everyday. Use this worksheet

to get you started-ways we use water.• Research the water cycle on the internet using the following website

hydrological cycle and also look at this information to fill out this small quiz: water cycle quiz

• Finally, construct a water cycle wheel using the worksheets moving raindrops and the water cycle wheel-your final product will look like this:

ProcessRead the following information to get an idea of how the water cycle works!

Click here to see what evaporation is.Click here to see how condensation works.Click here to see what precipitation is.Click here to see what collection is.

Also take a look at the water cycle animation for more information.

Evaporation

• Evaporation is when the sun heats up the water from oceans, lakes, or rivers and turns it into vapor/steam. Then the steam leaves the surface and goes into the air.

Condensation

• Condensation is when water vapor in the air gets cold and turns back into liquid, forming clouds.

Precipitation

• Precipitation happens when so much water has formed in the clouds and they cannot hold anymore. The clouds get heavy and water falls back down to the earth through rain, sleet, snow, and hail.

Collection

• Collection is when the water falls back to the earth and collects is various places.

• when it ends up on land it can either soak into the land and become “ground water” or run back into the oceans, rivers and lakes and that is called “runoff” water.

• And the cycle starts all over again!

EvaluationYou and your partner will be graded on the quiz you completed as well as the following:

levels 1 2 3 4 5 Score/level

On task Constantly talking to others in room, rarely works on task

Constantly talking about unrelated subjects when given time to work with others and some talking at other times

Sometimes talks about unrelated subjects when given time to work with others

Usually follows the task and talks only when allowed

Always follows the steps of the task and sometimes goes beyond the concepts

skillful Makes no effort to learn new information and explore the internet

Makes minimal effort to explore the internet in order to find the answers to the assignment

Shows effort with answering questions, but no real understanding

Has general idea of task. Able to answer specific questions

Has clear idea of task and great ability to answer find the answers to the questions

cooperation Does not interact at all with partner. Makes no effort to communicate or do any of the work. Does not work well with partner.

Does minimal amount of the work, but still works by themselves.

Is working with partner, but only doing some of the work, and watches as partner does the rest.

Does half of the work, and makes an effort to communicate.

Works well with their partner-is a team effort. Equal sharing of the amount of work is present.

Ways we use water No ways have been identified and/or all are incorrect

some ways have been identified

a variety of ways have been identified but does not fulfill the required (12).

a total of 12 or more ways we use water has been identified, but shows little creativity.

a total of 12 or more ways we use water has been identified, and shows a great deal of creativity.

Water wheel The wheel is incomplete or incorrect

The wheel is complete but has many errors

The wheel is complete but has one to two errors

The wheel is complete and correct but shows little creativity

The wheel is detailed, colored, correct, and creative. Is above and beyond expectations

Conclusion

• Great job on being investigators of the water cycle!

• Now every time you take a drink of water think of where it came from.

• For fun you can read about drippy the raindrop and his adventures!

Teacher’s PageA- Pennsylvania Academic Standards

Subject : Science and TechnologyArea 3.5: Earth Sciences

Grade 3.5.4: Grade 4

Standard D.: Recognize the Earth’s different water resources. • Know that approximately ¾th of the earth is covered by water. • Describe locations of fresh and salt water in or near the state of Pennsylvania.• Identify examples of water in the form of solid, liquid and gas on or near the surface of

the earth. • Explain and illustrate evaporation and condensation. • Recognize other resources available from water (e. g., energy, transportation, minerals,

food).

• Objectives: have students recognize parts of the water cycle and understand where water comes from.