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Exploring the Water Cycle: Engaging Lessons & Activities for Grades 3-5

This resource provides lesson plans, trade book recommendations, a reader's theater script, and a hands-on water cycle model activity for educators teaching grades 3-5. Covering relevant science standards, the material includes technology links and interactive tools to enhance learning.

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Exploring the Water Cycle: Engaging Lessons & Activities for Grades 3-5

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  1. HydrologicCycle Rodney Websteracrowdis3@aol.com Zach Hodgsonzhodgs@unf.edu Shannan Andersonshaynjb@aol.com

  2. Benchmark • Grades 3-5 • SC.D.1.2.3 • The student knows that the water cycle is influenced by temperature, pressure, and the topography of the land. • Covers standards 1,2,4, & 7

  3. Making Connections • Relating to Science • Relating to Technology • Relating to Society

  4. Lesson Plans • http://www.wnet.org/nttidb/lessons/dn/waterdn..html • http://www.wnet.org/nttidb/lessons/dn/rounddnw.html • http://www.uen.org/lessons/uptmp/lp30025s34637f7635.html • http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7123/integrate.html

  5. Trade Book Water Dance By: Thomas Locker Ages: 4-8 Poetry www.amazon.com

  6. Trade BookA Drop Around the World Teacher’s GuideBy: Bruce & Carol Malnor By: Barbara Shaw McKinney www.amazon.com

  7. Trade BookThe Magic School Bus: Wet All OverFrom ScholasticAges 4-8 www.amazon.com

  8. Trade Books • Water, Water Everywhere: A Book About the Water Cycle By: Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger, & Bobbi Tull (editor) Ages: 4-8 • From Ice to Rain By: Marlene Reidel, Ali Mitgutsch, & Annegert Fuchshuber Ages: 4-8 • What Makes It Rain: Story of Raindrops By: Keith Brandt & Yosho Miyake Ages: 4-8 • Water Up, Water Down: The Hydrologic Cycle By: Sally M. Walker Ages: 9-12 • The Florida Water Story: From Rain drops to the Sea By: Wendy A. Hale Ages: 9-12 www.amazon.com

  9. Around the Water Cycle--A Reader's TheaterThe amount of raindrops can be adjustd to fit group size. Reader’s Theater: Around the Water Cycle by Sarah Wood

  10. Create Your Own Water Cycle • The water cycle model is designed to show the processes of evaporation and condensation of water within a closed plastic box. • Set Up: You will need a plastic box that holds the moist air; a pool of water(one cup) which represents the ocean; dirt for representing mountains; a small lamp(the sun); and a bag of ice cubes to represent the chilling of the upper atmosphere. Slant the model so that all of the water is confined to one end. • The lamp will heat the air which will carry the moisture from the ocean to the upper end of the box where it will be chilled by the ice. As the air chills, the moisture in the air will condense and form droplets on the lid under the ice. The droplets will fall and cause rain. • ASK QUESTIONS!!!! • What do you see happening? • What did the ice do to the water that went into the air? • What happened to the water in the air after it cooled? • Where did the drops of water go?

  11. TechnologyLinks • Hydrologic Cycle

  12. Water Fun http://www.smarterkids.com/product.asp?sku=03226 Grades 2-4 Uses creative play and hands-on discovery to expose students to properties of water. Science Court: Water Cycle mixes animated courtroom drama, hands-on science activities, and humor to teach students fundamental science concepts and model good scientific practice.http://www.amazon.com Windows on Science applicable to all grades files are based on theme uses DVD & structured format for information presented Software www.amazon.com

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