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The Water Cycle Lesson PlanThe Water Cycle Lesson Plan
Publisher
American Chemical Society
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Grade
5th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
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Technology
Scientific Equipment
Video
Year
2019
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The Water Cycle

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This The Water Cycle lesson plan also includes:
  • The Water Cycle (.html)
  • Student Activity Sheet (.pdf)
  • Student Reading (.pdf)
  • Teacher Background (.pdf)
  • Connections to NGSS (.pdf)
  • The Water Cycle
  • Animation: Evaporation
  • Animation: Condensation
  • Animation: Water Cycle Model
  • USGS - Desalination
  • Activity
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Bring the water cycle into the classroom without the mess. Learners build a model of the water cycle using everyday materials. They observe the process of evaporation and condensation and relate their observations to the larger scale water cycle. 

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Concepts

the water cycle, evaporation, condensation, liquids, gases, phase changes

Instructional Ideas

  • Have pupils record new vocabulary in a graphic organizer
  • Repeat the experiment with and without a heat lamp and compare results

Classroom Considerations

  • Allow time to collect and prepare materials
  • Fourth installment of a 16-part Inquiry in Action series.

Pros

  • Includes extension activities
  • Provides animations to demonstrate particle motion

Cons

  • None

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