Water Cycle: Hands-On Experiments
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| Water Cycle: Hands-On Experiments |
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Description:
| These sites have hands-on experiments and projects about the water cycle and water purification. Learn how to make it rain in your kitchen and how to build your own water cycle environment. There are many other activity ideas, including a script for a play. There is a link to an eThemes Resource on water cycle explanations and illustrations. |
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Grade Level:
| 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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Resource Links:
| Water Projects
Try this fun, simple water project. Scroll down to find out about building a filtering system.
Kids' Water Fun
Scroll down for eight activities students can do about water.
Don't Use it All Up!
This activity teaches students not to waste water.
Water Magic
This lesson plan has students see for themselves how water takes on different forms.
Water Woes
Is there enough water for all the people in the world? What would happen if we started to run out? Read this five part article and think about what global water shortages might mean.
Enchanted Learning: Water Cycle
This page has a diagram of the water cycle that students can print and fill out. Includes definitions of the common terms.
Enchanted Learning: Water Cycle Adventure
This is a script to a play that is about the water cycle. Students can act out the parts of the sun, a water drop, cloud, snowflake, and more.
eThemes Resource: Water Cycle: Explanations and Illustrations
These sites explain the water cycle and include the topics of evaporation, precipitation, and condensation. Watch animated movies and view several diagrams explaining the cycle. There is a word search and a quiz. Includes links to eThemes Resources on water cycle experiments and Missouri springs.
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Education Standards:
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AL Standards:
5, 12.1, 12.3, 12.5, 1.2, 1.4
AR Standards:
NS.1.3.4, NS.1.3.6, NS.1.3.8, ESS.8.3.8, ESS.9.3.1, ESS.8.4.7.a, ESS.8.4.7.b, ESS.8.4.7.c, ESS.8.4.8, ESS.8.4.9, ESS.8.4.10, ESS.8.4.11.a, ESS.8.4.11.b, ESS.8.4.11.c
IL Standards:
12.E.1a, 12.E.1b, 12.E.2a, 12.E.2b, 12.E.3b
ME Standards:
F.2, F.4, F.7
MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.8, 2.1, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4, 1, 5, 7, 5.1.C.a, 5.1.C.b, 5.1.C.c, 1.1.C.a, 1.1.D.a, 1.1.D.b, 1.2.C.a, 5.1.B.a, 5.1.B.b, 5.2.E.a, 5.2.E.b, 5.2.F.a, 5.2.F.b, 5.3.A.a, 5.3.A.b, 5.3.A.c, 5.2.E.a, 5.2.E.b, 5.2.E.c
NV Standards:
E.5.A.4
OH Standards:
1.B.8, 1.D.2, 1.D.3, 1.C.6, 1.C.9
UT Standards:
I.1.a, I.1.b, I.1.c, I.1.d, I.2.a, I.2.b, I.2.c, I.2.d, I.2.e
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