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MS-ESS2-4 Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Google Doc Water Cycle - Use this doc to answer all questions, make a copy under the File menu, and share it with your teacher. (your teacher might share this with you in their Google Classroom)
Teachers: make your own 'Google Form' for easier grading.
Driving Question: Where does water come from?
Vocabulary: Atmosphere, absorb, redistribute, climate, greenhouse gasses, fossil fuels, surface temperature, air masses, air pressure, humidity, latitude, altitude, Coriolis effect, convection cycle.
To find definitions use Britannica Encyclopedia (PSUSD students sign in through Clever)
Phenomena: The United Arab Emirates wants to build a "fake mountain" to increase rainfall.
1. Watch the EdPuzzle Video and answer the questions.
2. What is the Water Cycle? How do you think a man-made mountain would affect the water cycle? Click on the Lightbox "Water Cycle" book and explore, look at pg 15. (log in with your ID and 8 digit bday) Not a JWMS student, click here for the water cycle.
3. Watch the video and explain the water cycle in your own words.
4. Watch the movie "The Water Cycle" and answer in the Google Doc or Form.
5. StudyJam: The Water Cycle (watch the movie and take the test and answer the following questions) and answer in the Google Doc or Form.
6. Watch BrainPOP: The Water Cycle, take the review quiz, and answer the questions in the Google Doc or Form (Don't have BrainPOP try the free trial).
7. Interactive: The Water Cycle (Name 3 things you learned)
8. What is the energy source for the water cycle? How do you think the massive heat, in the desert of the United Arab Emirates, affects the water cycle?
9. Watch the video and then write a short song about the water cycle.
10. Quizlet Learn: Water Cycle. Answer the question in the Google Doc or Google Form.
11. What are the 6 steps in the water cycle?
12. Watch the Edpuzzle and answer the questions.
13. Do the Interactive Quiz: Parts of the Water Cycle and answer in the Google Doc or Form.
14. What are the two types of energy transfers that occur in the water cycle?
17. Open the interactive book Water Cycle and (JWMS: school ID and 8 digit bday) Click on the Water Cycle interactive book. (if unable to log in use this and skip the movie) Find page 4: Studying the Water Cycle.
Read the page and play the video.
a. Water consists of ________% of the Earth's surface.
b. Sunshine, water, and air work together as part of the ____________.
From Movie:
c. What happens to the single water molecule as it travels the Earth?
d. What is water vapor?
19. Adventure Quest Backpack: Project-Based Learning
Directions: Open your Google Drive and choose "New" and then choose More and select "Google Drawing". Create a poster that demonstrates the water cycle. Find a picture of mountains and water for the background of your poster. Make sure you label all six steps of the cycle, have a visual for each step, and use arrows to show the "cycle". Here is an example of a background for your poster.
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Make a movie that shows the steps of the water cycle and how it works.
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Make a ComicLife comic strip using the library computers, or your Chromebook, that shows the steps of the water cycle.
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