Water Cycle

I. Title: The Water Cycle!

II. Michigan Standards:

S.IP.01.11 Make purposeful observation of the natural world using

the appropriate senses.

S.IP.01.12 Generate questions based on observations

S.IP.01.13 Plan and conduct simple investigations.

III. Lesson objective: Students will identify the steps in the water cycle
and recognize its importance to our weather.

IV. Materials Needed:

• Computer Access

• Glass Cup

• Microwave

• Bowl of Water ( Microwavable safe)

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation handouts

( attached)

• Crayons, Markers

• Bottle of Water

• Digital Camera

V. Anticipatory Set:
 Mind Capture: Once students arrive, and our seated at their seats
grab your bottle of water and pour it into a glass. Start drinking the
glass saying ahhhhh, after each sip. (This should get your students
attention) Once you have their attention ask them, “Boys and girls
how long do you think this water has been hereon earth?” Wait for
their answers and Discuss. Boys and girls this water has been on
the earth since the world was born!! Whoa that’s old. You thought
Ms. Gardner, and your parents were old this water is over a million
years old. If it is a million years old how am I able to drink it? We
will find out the answer together soon!

Bridge to Previous Learning: We have talked about the sun and

how it heats our earth we will be furthering this knowledge during
our lesson today.

Statement of Purpose: It is important for students to learn about

the water cycle because it affects our daily lives, by the water we
drink and the water we use around the world.

VI. Instructional Input:

1. Boys and girls who can tell me what the water cycle is?
( Discuss, students may not know)

2. The water cycle is how I am drinking this water that is over a

million years old. The water is recycled everyday. ( Clarify what
recycle means if needed)

3. The first step of the water cycle is Evaporation. This is when

water is pulled out from a lake, river, stream or puddle and
sucked up into the air, by the sun. Which remember the sun is
very important to our world.

4. When the little water droplets are in the air the wind pushes
them together to form clouds. As the little water droplets form
into clouds this is called condensation.

5. So what was our first step to the water cycle? ( Look for
Evaporation) The second step is what? ( Look for Condensation)

6. The third step is when the clouds get too full of all the water
droplets. This is when it rains, called precipitation.
7. Once we go through all these steps the water is back into a river,
lake or stream and we start all over. When the water makes it
back down to earth this is called collection.

8. Boys and girls tell me again the three steps to the water cycle.

9. We are now going to watch a short video on the water cycle.

Access the video World Ahoy The Water Cycle on
www.youtube.com

10. Once you have watched the video ask what happened to the
little droplet during Evaporation. Condensation? Precipitation?
When the droplet comes back down to earth what is this called
boys and girls?

11. Have students sit on the carpet for circle time.

12. Boys and girls I have a few experiments I want to show you.

13. Pin the Evaporation Hand out up so all students can see it.
(attached)

14. Heat a bowl of water up in the microwave for about 10

minutes. Take it out and have students gather around the bowl.

15. Boys and girls do you see the steam rising out of the bowl?
This is Evaporation in action all the water droplets are
evaporating into the air.

16. Boys and girls what is the next step in our water cycle?
( Condensation)

17. This boys and girls is what condensation looks like, pull a
glass of water out of the freezer. The glass will form water
droplets on the glass have students feel the water droplets as
they form on the glass.

18. Boys and girls do you see and feel the water on the outside
of the glass? This is condensation.

19. What is our last step to the water cycle? ( Precipitation)

20. Grab another glass out of the freezer, set it on the desk so water
can fall off of the glass on to the desk, mimicking precipitation.
Friends while we wait I am going to teach you a song about the
 water cycle. (Go to youtube.com Type in the water cycle song by
Mr. Davies.) Sing the song with students a few times until the
water is off of the glass.

21. Boys and girls do you see the puddle at the bottom of the glass?
This is because the water droplets got to heavy for the glass to
hold and they fell off. This is just like when it rains, the clouds
get to heavy and let go of all the water droplets.

22. Boys and girls let’s go outside to take a picture of our daily
weather and record it in our weather charts. Also boys and girls
glance at your Lima bean plants to take some notes on what
they look like.

23. Take a picture of what the weather looks like.

VII. Opportunity For Practice:

Guided Practice: Our guided practice was circling time, the song
and videos along wit the experiments.

Independent Practice: Students will color the Evaporation,

Condensation, Precipitation and Collection worksheets. Have them
write a one two or three in the corner of the paper, stating which
step their picture is. Have them turn in when finished. Students are
allowed to use their table team members for help.

VIII. Closure: Boys and girls your ticket out the door is to tell me one
thing you learned today bout the water cycle. I would also like you
for homework to draw a picture of the water cycle and label the
steps 1, 2, 3. We will share our pictures tomorrow. ( Assessing
through discussion and homework)