Iowa Children's Water Festival Curriculum Water Cycle Module ...

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 safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html 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 region1/students/teacher/groundw.html - 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

 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

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.

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.

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