The Water Cycle

By: Beth Clingenpeel


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Have you ever wondered where rain, snow, sleet, or hail come from?

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What do you already know about the water cycle?

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What do you want to know about the water cycle?

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Words to Know

Evaporation (e-vap-or-a-tion)

Condensation (con-den-sa-tion)

Precipitation (pre-cip-i-ta-tion)

 

 

 

 

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The job of the water cycle is to take the water on the Earth and move it all around the world. 

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The water cycle starts with evaporation.  Evaporation happens when the heat from the sun warms up the ground water and turns the liquid water into a gas.  
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During evaporation, the ground water turns it into water vapor.

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Condensation then takes over. With condensation, the water vapor goes up to the clouds and cools down.  
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After the water vapor cools down, it changes back into a liquid. 
 
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Precipitation happens when the clouds fill up with more water than what they can hold and...
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...it falls from the clouds in the form of rain, snow, small pieces of ice called sleet, or big pieces of ice called hail. 

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After precipation, the water cycle starts over again with evaporation. 

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This is the water cycle, and it happens all the time. 

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What did you lean about the Water Cycle?

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 Glossary

Evaporation (e-vap-or-a-tion): Water going from the groud up into the clouds.

Condensation (con-den-sa-tion): Water vapor cooling down and collecting in the clouds.

Precipatation (pre-cip-a-ta-tion): Clouds letting out the water in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail. 

Cycle (cy-cle): Events that happen again and again in the same order. 

Vapor (Va-por): A gas.

Sleet: Small pieces of ice falling from the clouds.

Hail: Large pieces of ice falling from the clouds.

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Extension Activities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWb4KlM2vts

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rwFK5_Viqo

 

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/water-cycle.htm

 

http://www.kidzone.ws/WATER/

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Common Core State Standards

 

  • Print features (e.g. font, spacing, layout)
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.5
    Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
  • Word recognition 
  • RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. 
  • Fluency 
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4
    Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
  • Vocabulary 
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.D
    Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
  • Comprehension
  • RI.2.7/RI.3.7: Explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text; use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

 

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Sources Used

Webser, , and Merriam. Learner's dictionary, 2017, www.learnersdictionary.com/. Accessed 1 Oct. 2017. 

 

Chen, Steve, Jawed Karim, and Chad Hurley. Youtube, www.youtube.com. Accessed 1 Oct. 2017.

 

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