The Water
Cycle Instruction Sheet
The
following instruction sheet will guide you so that all sections in this part of
our unit can be completed. This will
give you a general idea of what is to be completed, but as you navigate the web
page and click on the different links more detailed instructions are given for
each assignment.
1. Click on the water cycle
power point and view the show. Use a
piece of paper from your weather journal to answer the five questions at the
end of the slide show. Then, number your
paper to eight and complete the blank water cycle diagram using the vocabulary words
at the end of the slide show.
2. Click on the water cycle webquest link and print the page. You will go to a specific website on the page
to search for information that will help you answer the questions. When you click on the website, make sure that
you use the links to the left of the page to retrieve more information. Answer all eleven questions fully.
3. Click on the water cycle
terrarium project link. You will use
several materials to create a model of the water cycle. This will enable you to illustrate and
observe the processes of the water cycle.
This will help to connect the concepts of precipitation, condensation,
and evaporation that you have learned about that make up the water cycle. You will use your weather journal to record
illustrations and observations of your terrarium for five days. If possible, try to observe your project at
different times of the day.
4. You are going to become a
meteorologist that researches and predicts the weather for the city of