How Does Water Shape Our World?

Unit Content

Water and rock cycles; system interactions

How is the land shaped differently?
How does water move through our parks?
How does moving water affect the land?

Unit Resources

Beginning of the Unit Introduction Stations

Below are all of the required links for the beginning of the unit stations:
- Station #1
  - Images
  - Completed on IQWST workbook page 1
- Station #2
  - Rock Observation Sheet
- Station #3
  - Crash Course Kids Video: Dinosaur Pee (video also embedded below)
  - Dinosaur Pee Video Sheet
- Station #4
  - On page 18, write that name of the National Park that you chose for the project in both science and World Geo (page 18 is the blank unnumbered page between pages 17 and 19)
- Station #5
  - Reading 12.1 (also in IQWST workbook pages 103 - 104)
  - Questions for Reading 12.1
- Station #6
  - Continental Drift Activity Packet
  - Pangea Puzzle Pieces

National Park Choice Google Form

Click on the link to the Google Form to record which National Park you will be using for your project in World Geography and Science Class. This information will be used by Mrs. Steiner, Mrs. Kopplin, Mrs. Stridde, and Mrs. Gitter. Please be accurate in careful in filling out this form.

NATIONAL PARK CHOICE GOOGLE FORM

What is water? Packet Videos

Eureka #1: Molecules in Solids

Eureka #2: Molecules in Liquids

Eureka #4: Expansion and Contraction

Student Created VR Tours of National Parks -OR- https://tinyurl.com/ydyouo3s

National Park Project Links

Alphabetical List of US National Parks
The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks
- by Google Arts and Culture which includes tours of hidden parts of the following parks:
  - Kenai Fjords
  - Hawaii Volcanoes
  - Carlsbad Caverns
  - Bryce Canyon
  - Dry Tortugas
Group One - By Invitation Only
- Isle Royale National Park - Michigan
- Rocky Mountain National Park - Colorado
- Shenandoah National Park - Virginia
Group Two - Information to the Remaining National Parks
- National Park Service Website

Crash Course Kids: Dinosaur Pee

How the Earth Was Made

from The History Channel

Groundwater Video

While watching the video, watch answer these questions.

How do glaciers move?

Landform Links

The Different Types of Landforms (Sciencing)
Landform (National Geographic)
List of Landforms on Earth (World Landforms)
Your Cool Basics on Landforms (eschooltoday)
Landforms StudyJam (Scholastic)
WorldBook Online
Britannica Online

Water and the Water Cycle

Bill Nye the Science Guy

Consensus Model of the Water Cycle

Water on Earth Consensus Model

2018-2019 version showing all of the scientific principles we have about water on Earth including the water cycle.

Water Cycle Consensus Model

2017-2018 version showing the consensus model for just the water cycle (leaving out all of the scientific principles about the composition of water and the states of matter)

Rock Types and the Rock Cycle Model

Rock Types Handout