H2O
Remembering
Understanding
Applying
List the stages of the
water cycle.
Look up the meaning
to words you don’t
understand.
Visit the library to
find a storybook that
relates to water
cycle.
Explain how water
moves through the
stages of the water
cycle.
Write a water haiku.
Share haiku with the
class –group haikus
according to water
cycle stages.
How do you measure
water?
Watch the local
weather channel and
record the reported
precipitation.
Convert the recorded
measurements into a
graph.
How does your local
rainfall compare to
other states or
countries?
Make a rain gauge
for school or home.
Collect recordings
over several weeks.
Invite the local news
station to report the
weather at your
school.
Visualize a special
place near water.
Draw the place you
see in your mind.
Draw the place you
see in your mind.
Complete a Venn
Diagram
Create watercolor
paintings that depict
stages of the water
cycle.
Arrange paintings
into a complete water
cycle.
Verbal
Logical/
Mathematical
Visual
Analyzing
Creating
Evaluating
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Body/
Imagine how it feels
to be a drop of water.
Create a group
rainstorm by
snapping figures,
rubbing palms
together, and
stomping feet.
Demonstrate the
properties of water
(gas, liquid, solid)
through
movement/dance.
Explore the ways
water interacts in the
environment.
Build a terrarium and
explain how your
plans ensured the
water cycle would
occur.
Discuss interpreting
water through
movement. And
explain how it
affected your
understanding of
water.
Listen to music
“Celestial Soda Pop”
by Ray Lynch.
Make music with
assorted glasses
filled with water by
rubbing wet rims to
make sound.
With your
classmates, compose
a water symphony
using different water
sounds.
Do a sound wave
analysis of the
different sounds that
water can make.
Create sounds of
water on computer
synthesizer.
Record the water
sounds and post files
to iTunes.
In groups, list the
ways students use
water at school.
Brainstorm ways to
reduce your water
usage.
Attend a student
council meeting and
advocate for better
water conservation
practices at school.
In small groups,
decide how to best
communicate water
conservation
methods to be used
at school.
Create an action
piece that you plan to
distribute to
classmates.
Complete a research
paper on how water
resources will be
affected by global
warming.
List the ways you
used water today.
Approximate how
many gallons you
think you used.
Record water usage
at home.
Compare your water
usage to that of
family members.
Chart your family’s
water usage. Discuss
results with your
family members.
Develop a personal
plan for water
conservation. Report
to classmates.
Share with your class
the streams and
waterways that you
are familiar with.
Visit museum of
natural history and
explore the impact or
water on geography
and history of your
local area.
Investigate the
quality of water in
your township and
create a community
action piece for local
display.
Measure water flow
down stream.
Create a dam in a
small stream and
observe how
changes in water
flow.
Reflect on your ability
to impact flow and
report to classmates.
Kinesthetic
Musical
Interpersonal
(group work)
Intrapersonal
(self work)
Naturalist
Study pond filling
due to sediment.
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Web Resources:
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http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=4&DocID=393 Science Net Links
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http://www.kineticcity.com/controlcar/activity.php?act=3&virus=terrora Kinetic City My Life as a Drip
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http://www.epa.gov/safewater/index.html or http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/kids_k-3.html U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Safewater
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http://www.kidzone.ws/water/index.html KidZone Water Cycle
Book Resources:
Branley, Franklyn M. Down Comes the Rain. Harper Collins: New York, 1963.
Cole, Joanna and Degen, Bruce. The Magic School Bus At the Waterworks. Scholastic Inc.: New York, 1986.
Locker, Thomas. Water Dance. Voyager Books: Orlando, 1997.
Mc Kinney, Barbara and Maydak, Michael. A Drop Around the World. Dawn Publications: Nevada City, CA, 1998.
Malnor, Bruce and Malnor, Carol. A Teacher’s Guide to Drop Around the World: Lesson Plans for the Book A Drop Around the World. Dawn
Publications: Nevada City, CA, 1998.
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