5 Star Tex' Weather Challenge

Day 5: Water Cycle

Choose one person in your weather team to be A, one person to be B, one person to be C and one person to be D.

Complete Tasks 1 and 2 on your own.

Complete Task 3 in your team.

Task 1

Explore these links to learn about the water cycle.

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

The Water Cycle Explorer:  http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/rivers/watercyclepages/watercycle-intro.html

The Cycle:  http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/cycle/cycle.htm

Cycles:  http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/water.html

Task 2

Now that you are an expert on the water cycle, you will create your very own Water Cycle Vocabulary Booklet.

Follow the steps below.

a. Click on these links and print each page.

The Water Cycle: http://www.kidzone.ws/water/bactivity1.htm

Evaporation:  http://www.kidzone.ws/water/bactivity2.htm

Condensation: http://www.kidzone.ws/water/bactivity3.htm

Precipitation:  http://www.kidzone.ws/water/bactivity4.htm

Collection:  http://www.kidzone.ws/water/bactivity5.htm

What I learned:  http://www.deltechsolutions.com/mari/weatherwebquest/watercyclesign.pdf

b. Color each page.

c. Staple the pages together.

 Task 3

Use your booklet to explain the water cycle to someone in your team.

Task 4

Use your booklet to explain the water cycle to someone at home, not a pet. Please have them sign and add comments on the last page.

Anticipatory Set: “What happens to the parking lot when it rains hard?”  (puddles)  “Where does the water in the puddles go when the sun comes out?”

Ask students what they know about the water cycle (KWL)

Tasks
View and discuss the following clip together as a class:
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html

Recognition - Students will view the following independently:
http://www.kidzone.ws/water/ http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/rivers/watercyclepages/watercycle-intro.html
http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/cycle/cycle.htm
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/water.html
http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/weather/watercycle/preview.weml

Guided Practice
Cloze Activity - Students have their choice of completing a cloze activity either on PCs or by hand.   When the pages are completed, they will make a Water Cycle Vocabulary Booklet with the pages of the activity.

Independent Practice:
Students will make a talking avatar (Voki.com) to explain the water cycle. 

Assessment:
Ongoing assessment will be based on the correct completion of the water cycle vocabulary booklets, and the student's Voki avatar explanation of the water cycle.  (www.voki.com)

Ongoing assessment data will also be collected by asking students open ended questions throughout the lesson, such as, “What do you think happens to the snow when the weather warms up?” “After it rains, where does the water in the puddles go?”  “Why do you think rain clouds are dark?”

Anticipatory Set: What are the major elements that cause weather changes?

Tasks

·       Students listen to youtube video on the water cycle song. http://youtu.be/okZBiy_IdBA

·       Students share what they have learned with team members

·       Students reflect on the importance of the elements that cause weather changes

·       Students reflect on the weather cycle and how it affects weather

Accomodations:

Special Education Aide

·       Gets headsets ready for students

·       plays the youtube video & makes sure students have audio