Iowa Children s Water Festival Curriculum Water Cycle Module

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1 Iowa Children s Water Festival Curriculum Water Cycle Module Gaining Understanding Students learn about precipitation, evaporation, and condensation as well as runoff, percolation and transpiration Teacher and Student Resources Online videos about the water cycle. Billy Blue Hair: What is the water cycle and why does it rain? (5:45 min) ICSEC: S.3-5.ES.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.PS.2; ICELA: RI.5.4 Science Court: Water Cycle (22:53) students help solve a court case about condensation - ICSEC: S.3-5.ES.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.PS.2; NGSS: 5-ESS3-1 Water Cycle Song by Nick Parsons (3:16 min) ICSEC: S.3-5.ES.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.PS.2; ICELA: RI.5.4 The Water Cycle Rap with Lyrics (2:47) good but spelled precipitation wrong ICSEC: S.3-5.ES.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.PS.2; ICELA: RI.5.4 Thirstin s Water Cycle animated water glass explains the water cycle ICSEC: S.3-5.ES.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.PS.2; ICELA: RI.5.4 Activities Specific activity descriptions are on the pages following this page. Make it Rain Demonstration: show evaporation, condensation and precipitation ICSEC: S.3-5.ES.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.PS.2; NGSS: 5-ESS2-1 Cloud in a Jar Demonstration or Experiment: show evaporation and condensation ICSEC: S.3-5.ES.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.PS.2; NGSS: 5-ESS2-1 Transpiration and Condensation Experiment ICSEC: S.3-5.ES.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.PS.2; NGSS: 5-ESS2-1 Case of the Disappearing Water: evaporation story and activity - click on The Case of the Disappearing Water pdf ICSEC: S.3-5.ES.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.PS.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.SI.4; ICSEC: S.3-5.SI.6; NGSS: 5-ESS2-1

2 Water Journey Through the Water Cycle Water Cycle Wristbands (10 pages): hands-on activity to help students understand all of the different places water can go as it cycles through our world ICSEC: S.3-5.ES.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.PS.2; NGSS: 5-ESS2-1 Water Cycle Riddles: read the riddles to the class and have them guess what part of the water cycle is being described ICSEC: S.3-5.ES.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.PS.2; ICELA: RL.5.7 Water Cycle in Action: have students act out the water cycle, deciding on hand and body motions for each part ICSEC: S.3-5.ES.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.PS.2; NGSS: 5-ESS2-1 Water Drop Journey: have students imagine they are a water drop and write a story about all the places they go and what happens to them along the way. ICSEC: S.3-5.ES.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.PS.2; ICELA: RI.5.9 Activity Sheets Attached activity sheets and answer keys: Wonders of the Water Cycle ICSEC: S.3-5.ES.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.PS.2; ICELA: RI.5.9 Recycled Water ICSEC: S.3-5.ES.2; ICSEC: S.3-5.PS.2; ICELA: RI.5.4

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4 Cloud in a Jar Condensation in Action Kids will love seeing a cloud form right before their eyes! Materials Glass quart jar (or larger) with lid Warm water Several ice cubes Aerosol spray (e.g. hairspray) Directions 1. Put some warm water in the glass jar (about 1/3). 2. Place upturned jar lid containing several ice cubes on top of the jar. 3. Take the lid off and shoot some aerosol spray down into the jar, and quickly place the lid back on top. 4. Watch as you see a cloud form. The water vapor from the warm water is cooled and condenses around the aerosol particles to form a cloud just like it condenses around dust particles in the sky to make clouds.

5 Transpiration and Condensation Activity Your students can see how plants give off water vapor through transpiration by performing this simple experiment. Materials Quart or gallon size Ziploc baggie Living plant material green grass or green leaves Directions 1. Pick a handful of grass or a few green leaves, place them inside the Ziploc baggie and seal the baggie. 2. Set the baggie in a spot that will get some sunlight for 24 hours. 3. Check the baggie the next day. Students should see water droplets that have condensed on the inside of the baggie. Those droplets came from the plants giving off water vapor through transpiration and then condensing on the inside of the baggie.

6 Water Journey through the Water Cycle - Water Cycle Wristbands Adapted from Project Wet Curriculum Incredible Journey Materials 9 pages of water cycle strips (following this page), cut into strips and laminated Pipe cleaners - one per student Pony Beads (9 different colors- at least 30 of each) Bowls or baggies for beads Sign for each of 9 stations Soil, Plant, River, Clouds, Ocean, Lake, Animal, Groundwater, Glacier Directions 1. Set up 9 stations for the places water will go on its water cycle, each labeled with a sign and with a bowl or baggie of beads a different color for each station (see suggested colors) Soil (brown), Plant (green), River (medium blue), Clouds (white), Ocean (navy blue or gray), Lake (light blue), Animal (red), Groundwater (black), Glacier (clear)* *If you don t want to use beads and pipe cleaners, you could have strips of paper with boxes or circles marked on them that they carry around to each station and color in with a different colored crayon at each station. 2. Set the laminated water cycle strips facedown at each designated station (each strip has a letter in the lower right corner for where it should be placed S = Soil, P = Plant, R = River, C = Clouds, O = Ocean, L = Lake, A = Animal, GR = Groundwater, GL = Glacier) 3. Give each student a pipe cleaner and divide the class among the 9 stations. Tell students they are going to follow water through the water cycle, so they can see all of the places water travels on its journey, but they will all be traveling on different paths as they follow water. 4. Have each student put a bead on their pipe cleaner from the first station, and then draw a laminated paper strip. Have her/him read it and then go to the station it tells her/him to travel to, making sure she/he leaves the paper strip at that station before she/he moves on. 5. Students put a bead from the next station on their pipe cleaners and draw a new laminated paper strip to read and follow directions. Movement continues in this manner for either a specified amount of time or until they have a certain amount of beads (teacher determines) on their pipe cleaners. Sometimes the paper strip will tell them to stay at their present station, so they should put another bead of that color on and draw another paper strip. 6. When the activity ends, have students get in groups of 3-4 and share their water journeys with each other. The wristbands can easily be fastened to their wrists.

7 Plant - Water is absorbed by plant roots. S River - The soil is saturated, so water runs into a river. S Groundwater - Water filters into the soil. S Clouds - Heat energy from the sun makes the water evaporate and go to the clouds. S Stay - Water remains on the surface in a puddle. S

8 Clouds - Water leaves the plant through the process of transpiration. Clouds - Water leaves the plant through the process of transpiration. Clouds - Water leaves the plant through the process of transpiration. Stay - Water is used by the plant and stays in the cells. Stay - Water is used by the plant and stays in the cells. P S P P P P

9 Lake - Water flows into a lake. Groundwater - Water filters into the soil. R R Ocean - Water flows into the ocean. R Animal - An animal drinks the water. R Clouds - Heat energy from the sun makes the water evaporate and go to the R

10 Stay - Water remains in the current of the river. Soil - Water rains (precipitates) and falls on the soil. C R Glacier - Water falls (precipitates) as snow onto a glacier. Lake - Water rains (precipitates) into a lake. C C Ocean - Water rains (precipitates) into an ocean. C

11 Stay - Water remains as a water droplet sticking to a dust particle in a cloud. C Stay - Water remains in the ocean. O Stay - Water remains in the ocean. O Stay - Water remains in the ocean. O Clouds- Water is heated by the sun and evaporates to form a cloud. O

12 Groundwater- Water filters into the soil. L Animal - An animal drinks the water. L River - Water flows into a river. L Clouds - Water is heated by the sun and evaporates and goes to the clouds. L Stay - Water remains in the lake. L

13 Stay - Water remains in the lake. L Soil - Water is excreted through feces and urine. A Clouds - Water is expired when animal breathes, evaporates and goes to clouds. Clouds - Water is expired when animal breathes, evaporates and goes to clouds. A A Stay - Water remains in the body. A

14 River - Water filters into the river. GR Lake - Water filters into a lake. GR Lake - Water filters into a lake. GR Stay - Water remains underground. GR Stay - Water remains underground. GR

15 Groundwater - Ice melts and water filters into the ground. Clouds - Ice melts and water evaporates and goes to clouds. GL GL River - Ice melts and water flows into a river. GL Stay - Ice stays in the glacier. GL Stay - Ice stays in the glacier. GL

16 Through the soil without a sound Water seeping down, down, down Slowly moving underground. Percolation or Infiltration Heat from the sun makes water rise Up as vapor to the skies. Evaporation Cumulus, stratus, cirrus, too, Water vapor visible in the skies of blue. Cloud From the pores of plants water vapor escapes Into the air without a trace. Once a gas but then it s changed Into liquid to be seen again. Transpiration Condensation I start as a trickle and then I grow Picking up speed as down I go. Over the surface from land to the sea Obeying the laws of gravity. River Water going round and round Changing form but not amount. Water Cycle or Hydrologic Cycle Down is the direction this water falls As crystals, drips, or even balls. Precipitation

17 Wonders Of The Water Cycle ! Raccoon River TM 3. Directions: Write the letter of the alphabet that comes next after each letter listed below the blank to find out the steps of the water cycle. After you solve the puzzle, fill in the blanks above to label the steps of the water cycle. 1. o q d b h o h s z s h n m 2. q t m n e e 3. o d q b n k z s h n m 4. s q z m r o h q z s h n m 5. d u z o n q z s h n m 6. b n m c d m r z s h n m TM DEWEYTM Water Fun Facts! Amuse, Amaze and Astound Your Family & Friends There is the same amount of water on Earth today as there was when the Earth was formed. Over 1/2 of the Earth s fresh water is stored as groundwater. Each day, the sun evaporates over a TRILLION tons of water. Once groundwater is polluted, it may stay that way for several thousand years.

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