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Goal: 5th grade students will be able to identify the stages of the water cycle and produce a poster with their new knowledge.
AASL Standards addressed in The Water Cycle Lesson
1.B.3 Learners engage with new knowledge by following a process that includes: Generating products that illustrate learning.
IV.B.1. Learners gather information appropriate to the task by:Seeking a variety of sources.
!.C.4 Learners adapt, communicate, and exchange learning products with others in a cycle that includes: Sharing products with an authentic audience.
"This lesson focuses on the basics of the water cycle. Included in this resource are videos, a PowerPoint presentation, and a post-assessment. There are additional resources attached, including hand-on activities, a short video and an informational page about the water cycle in an easy to read format for kids to read" (OEC Commons).
Explore the Resource Britannica and learn about the water cycle.
Check out this informative government website on condensation and the water cycle.
Learn the science of the water cycle.
Learn about clouds and evaporation.
Educational Videos and Games for Kids. Explore NeoK-12 and watch a video or two about the water cycle.
Read the article on the water cycle or have the text read it to you. Explore the translate tab for another language.
Books you can find on the water cycle in our MES library.
Rivers of sunlight : how the sun cycles water around the earth
by Bang, Molly
The Blue Sky Press 2016
NF 551.48 BAN
AVAILABLE: 1
Lexile measure: AD 830
Accelerated Reader: Interest level LG / Reading Level 4.7 / Points: 0.5 / Quiz #: 187595
Raindrops roll
by Sayre, April Pulley.
Beach Lane Books 2015
NF 551.48 SAY
AVAILABLE: 1
Lexile measure: AD 750
Pathfinder:RED CLOVER BOOK AWARD 2016-2017
Why does water evaporate? : all about heat and temperature
Series title: Solving science mysteries
by Moore, Rob
PowerKids Press 2010
NF 536 MOO
AVAILABLE: 1
Accelerated Reader: Interest level MG / Reading Level 6.7 / Points: 0.5 / Quiz #: 135844
The wild water cycle
Series title: Science rocks!
by Korb, Rena B.
Magic Wagon 2008
NF 551.48 KOR
AVAILABLE: 1
Accelerated Reader: Interest level LG / Reading Level 3.2 / Points: 0.5 / Quiz #: 116175
A drop in the ocean: the story of water
Series title: Science works
by Bailey, Jacqui.
Picture Window Books 2004
NF 551.48 BAI
AVAILABLE: 1
Accelerated Reader: Interest level MG / Reading Level 4.4 / Points: 0.5 / Quiz #: 76033
The water cycle
Series title: Cycles in nature
by Greenaway, Theresa
Raintree Steck-Vaughn 2001
NF 551.48 GRE
AVAILABLE: 1
The water's journey
Series title: A North-South picture book
by Schmid, Eleonore.
North-South Books 1990, c1989
NF 551.48 SCH
AVAILABLE: 1
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