gets significantly cooler the higher you go, so when hot air rises, its cools off and begins to change back into a liquid. Use experiment 2 in resource 2 to show the students how condensation works. Slide 11: Step 3: Precipitation Ask students if they know what precipitation is, and if they have ever wondered how it forms. Explain to the students that precipitation occurs right after condensation and is basically when so much condensation builds up that it falls to the ground do to gravity, creating precipitation. Ask the students if they know of any types of precipitation. Ask them to name different forms. Slide 12: Step4: Collection Ask students if they have ever tried to catch a snowflake or rain drop? Tell them if they have they participated in the last step of the water cycle, which is the collection phase. Collection occurs when the water falls back to the earth as precipitation it collects in low lying places such as oceans, lakes, rivers, and the ground. Explain to students that if they have ever seen a puddle they have seen what happens during collection. Use experiment 4 in resource 2 to show students collection. Explain that without collection we would have no water on the surface of the Earth. Slide 13: Because there is a constant amount of water on earth at all times, after collection the water moves through the cycle all over again. Ask students if they know the four steps, have them say them out loud with you. Slide 14: Use resource 5 or click on the image so that students can watch a video about the water cycle. all Magic School Bus “Wet Over”-1995 The class is excited about going to Waterland. Wanda and Arnold are working on a project together and somehow Wanda convinces him to go to the girls' bathroom with her to get water. He accidentally leaves Ms. Frizzle's keys and Liz in the bathroom, and forgets to turn the water off. When they leave to go to Waterland, Ms. Frizzle instead uses a spare key, which turns her, the class and the bus into water. Slide 15: Use resource 6 if you would like your students to learn about the water cycle using their literacy skills. The book is online and also allows students the option of hearing sentences read to them. Slide 16:
gets significantly cooler the higher you go, so when hot air rises, its cools off and begins to change back into a liquid. Use experiment 2 in resource 2 to show the students how condensation works. Slide 11: Step 3: Precipitation Ask students if they know what precipitation is, and if they have ever wondered how it forms. Explain to the students that precipitation occurs right after condensation and is basically when so much condensation builds up that it falls to the ground do to gravity, creating precipitation. Ask the students if they know of any types of precipitation. Ask them to name different forms. Slide 12: Step4: Collection Ask students if they have ever tried to catch a snowflake or rain drop? Tell them if they have they participated in the last step of the water cycle, which is the collection phase. Collection occurs when the water falls back to the earth as precipitation it collects in low lying places such as oceans, lakes, rivers, and the ground. Explain to students that if they have ever seen a puddle they have seen what happens during collection. Use experiment 4 in resource 2 to show students collection. Explain that without collection we would have no water on the surface of the Earth. Slide 13: Because there is a constant amount of water on earth at all times, after collection the water moves through the cycle all over again. Ask students if they know the four steps, have them say them out loud with you. Slide 14: Use resource 5 or click on the image so that students can watch a video about the water cycle. Magic School Bus “Wet all Over”-1995 The class is excited about going to Waterland. Wanda and Arnold are working on a project together and somehow Wanda convinces him to go to the girls' bathroom with her to get water. He accidentally leaves Ms. Frizzle's keys and Liz in the bathroom, and forgets to turn the water off. When they leave to go to Waterland, Ms. Frizzle instead uses a spare key, which turns her, the class and the bus into water. Slide 15: Use resource 6 if you would like your students to learn about the water cycle using their literacy skills. The book is online and also allows students the option of hearing sentences read to them. Slide 16:
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