The Incredible Journey

2. The Incredible Journey The journey of an itty bitty water molecule through the great big water cycle

3. States of water When water is water it is a… Liquid! When water is frozen it is a … Solid! When water is vapor it is a … Gas!

4. Today you will take a journey through the water cycle. Please listen closely as I tell you about the exciting places you will visit today!

5. Soil It’s time to get down and dirty! While visiting soil you may: • Be absorbed plant roots • run off into a river • Evaporate and go into the clouds • Or like our friends last week on the playground hang around as a puddle!

6. Plant Plants are popping up everywhere, while visiting a plant you may: • Work your way through the cells then go join a cloud through transpiration (turning into a watery vapor) • Or you may enjoy your stay so much that you just stay planted!

7. River For those of you with a flowing personality you may enjoy a trip down our river! • If it is too moving for you feel free to flow into a lake • For those adventurous types how about flowing into the ocean! • If your really lucky an animal may drink you! • For a high flying adventure evaporate and go to the clouds • Finally for those of you who like the current keep on flowing down the river

8. Clouds For a free falling adventure come to the clouds, but you won’t stay long there soon you will be… • Condensing yourself into rain and fall onto the soil for a muddy adventure! • For those snow bunnies turn yourself into snow and have a great time on the glaciers! • Or for those water lovers condense yourself into rain and enjoy a lake or ocean voyage!

9. Ocean If sailing along the ocean blue than this adventure is just for you! • But if the waves get too much for you, just heat yourself up and evaporate into the clouds • If bobbing along is right for you remain in the ocean!

10. Lake Ahh, who wouldn’t enjoy a calm lakeside retreat? • Unless of course you’d rather have an animal drink you up! • If the lake like is too calm for you feel free to flow into a river! • For a high flying escape heat up into vapor and go join clouds! • Remember you can always stay at the lake

11. Animal We even have a great spa retreat adventure for you! • After our friend has drank you up you can enjoy a nice feces (poo) facial or rinse off as refreshing urine (pee)! • If your animal is really working up a sweat they will heat you up and send your vapory self into the clouds. • For those animal lovers, why not stay for a while?

12. Groundwater For my friends who like under ground adventures, have I got a trip for you! • If under ground gets a little dull for you go ahead and filter into a river. • If river life is too adventures for you filter yourself into a nice calm lake. • For those of you who like dark creepy spaces, stay underground awhile!

13. Glacier Who doesn’t like a winter adventure?? • If that ice glare gets too much for you simply melt and filter into the ground. • For those of you working up a sweat on the slopes evaporate and go to the clouds for some high flying fun!(sublimation) • If the cold is too much for you simply melt and flow into a river. • Finally if ice is the life for you, stay frozen at our glacier resort!

14. Just remember to keep track of your journey where ever you go so that you can look back at all the fun you had! For safety reasons, whenever you are liquid please remember to travel with aPARTNERbecause there is safety in numbers! But whenever you evaporate and join the clouds it’s best to go ALONE.

15. Resources • Evans, J., & Perlman, H. (2011, December 27). The water cycle. In USGS Science for a changing world. Retrieved January 29, 2012, from http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html • Project Wet Staff. (2010). The Incredible Journey. In Project Wet (14th ed., pp. 161-163). Bozeman, MT: Project WET.