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Objectives:
- Investigating the water cycle
- Exploring water's three states of matter
- evaporation
- gas
- liquid
- precipitation
- solid
- water cycle
- Drippy the Hippie by C. Fries
- scissors
- worksheet
Water circulates in the atmosphere through the water cycle. The water on Earth evaporates (or becomes gas) into a cloud. When the conditions are right, the cloud releases water or precipitation.
Procedure:
1. Discuss the different components of the water cycle by having students sing-along to Drippy the Hippie.
Ok I know, I know this is really chessy, but who cares if your kids learn something and it does not
disagree from Biblical teaching, even if it's granola ;)
2. Make copies of the worksheets for your students. Color the worksheet and cut out the pieces.
3. Have students use the pieces they cut out to make the water cycle. Then go over the components of the water cycle with the students slowly. Evaporation from water forms clouds and then precipitates.
Review by asking a few questions:
- What is evaporation?
- Is evaporation a gas?
- Name a form of precipitation? hail, snow, rain, or sleet
- Can we drink water from water puddles in the street? Why not?
- Is water that falls from the sky clean?
- Explain the water cycle to me.
Follow along for tomorrow's post on the lab on Water Cycle!
Jenna