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 Decherd for seven days!  Click on the meteorologist work link.  After clicking on the link, print out the meteorologist work chart.  You will use the Weather Channel’s website to research Decherd’s weather for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  *You will have to type in Decherd’s zip code, 37324, to bring up Decherd’s weather forecast.  You will fill in each section of the weather chart completely.  Then, you will act as a meteorologist and predict the weather for the rest of the week; Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.  After this unit is complete, you will share your predictions with the class.  We will complete a class chart based on everyone’s predictions.