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Lesson 2-2: The Water Cycle

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Lesson 

Time

Engaging the Student (Entry Task) 

 Developing the Ideas--Lesson

Checking for Understanding (exit ticket)
Student Handouts 
 Teacher/Lesson Notes
 Materials

1 class period 
  • Water Cycle Sidewalk-Chalk Pre-Assessment

 

 

View the full lesson plan here:

 

The Lesson is divided into 5 Activities:

 

Lesson Activities:

  1. Water Cycle Sidewalk-Chalk Pre-Assessment 
    1. Pre-Assessment Instructions 
  2. The Water Cycle Game (The Incredible Journey)
    1. Water-Cycle Game Instructions 
  3. Water Cycle Game Data Analysis
    1. Find student handout "Incredible Journey Travel Log" under "Student Handouts" 
  4. Water Cycle Labeling (on laminated sheets in kit)
  5. Water Cycle Essay Post-Assessment 

 

BONUS VIDEO (Optional): In this 6-minute video, students see how scientists and engineers, including Greg Characklis at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, are studying the connections between water, food, and energy in the human water cycle to develop new, sustainable ways of meeting our water needs.

 

 

Pre-Assessment:

 

  • Colored Chalk

 

Water Cycle Game:

 

 

 Activity #5 of this lesson is a great way to check for understanding:

 

  • Have students write an essay describing the water cycle and how water can take different paths through the cycle or they can use their own trackers to write creative story about the places water might visit in its movements. 

 

 

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