The Water Cycle Bundle

Contents
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Unit Bundle Directions....................................................................... 2

Printing Orientation............................................................................ 5
Foldable 1: The Water Cycle.............................................................. 6
Foldable 2: The Water Cycle Notes.................................................11
Foldable/Demo 3: All the Water in the Earth.................................16
Vocabulary Set...................................................................................24
Writing Prompt.................................................................................30
The Water Cycle Lab.........................................................................31
My Life as a Drop of Water..............................................................33
Task Cards..........................................................................................34
Everything I Learned This Year Glue-in............................................43
Science Weekly Warm-up................................................................44
 The Water Cycle Bundle
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Directions
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This unit bundle PDF includes:
1. Foldable 1: The Water Cycle
This is a great way to introduce the water cycle. This can also be used as an assessment. Put
a word bank on the board for slower learners.

Black and white and color keys included

2. Foldable 2: The Water Cycle Notes

This is an overview about water in the water cycle. Great study guide for task card activity.

Black and white and color keys included

3. Foldable/Demo 3: All the Water on the Earth

This foldable is a great in-class demonstration to show how much salt water and fresh water
are in the earth. It is a fun visual for the students! An instruction sheet for the in-class demo
is included; please read all the directions before you begin.

Black and white and color keys included

4. Vocabulary Set
There are a variety of ways to use these. For slow learners, you can give them the sheet
with the definitions already written out, and for other students, give them the blank sheet
included in the unit.

Black and white and color keys included in full and partial sets for slower learners

5. Writing prompt
This is a great writing activity, or use this for early finishers. If time allows, share the
impressive papers with the class.

6. The Water Cycle Lab

A half-sheet lab form for the students is included, as well as a lab instruction sheet for the
teacher.
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7. My Life as a Drop of Water
This can be used instead of the writing prompt. My class loved this and did very well. I gave
them a sheet of notebook paper for their story and then had them glue it on a large sheet
of construction paper and illustrate. I had several students share them with the class and
we discussed the steps in the water cycle.

8. Task Cards
My room is not set up to put all the students in a circle, so we go in the hallway to do this
activity. I have the students bring their blank answer form into the hallway with a pencil.
I usually make them sit boy/girl/boy to keep them better behaved. I pass out the cards in
order of the numbers. (This is important for order.) Give the first student number 1 and
then number 2 next and so on. I stand in the middle of the circle and hold a bell. I tell the
students to all answer their card and quietly hold it up in front of their face when they are
finished and ready for the next question. I ring the bell and they all pass their cards to the
next person. I watch them and ring the bell when I notice they are ready. They all answer the
next card and pass it on only when the bell sounds. At the end of the activity, we go back
in the room and I put up the answer key on the overhead. They check and grade them. I call
out card numbers and if anyone missed a question, I read it in class and we discuss it. I call
on someone who got it right to explain it. I LOVE task card activities. It is a great way to
check for understanding before the test. I have found that my students do much better on
the test after going through this activity. They like doing them, too. Another option is use
them as a station or in pairs.

Another option is to put each card under the projector, one at a time. The students answer
each question and grade and turn in their answer sheets.

Key included

9. Everything I Learned This Year Glue-in

This is a list of all the concept topics that we will cover this year in science. I will offer a
bundle on each of the concepts. You can have your students glue the list to the inside front
cover of their interactive notebooks. My students check off each concept as we learn it.

10. Science Weekly Warm-up

This year my classes are very short and I dont have a lot of time for warm-up, but I want the
students to come in my class, be quiet, and gear up their brains for science. This is a quick,
easy tool to do just that. I am going back and adding these to all my units over time. I really
love how it is quick and simple and we can get right to the lesson. I take them up Friday for
a daily grade.

Key included

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Also included in folder:
3 Movies for Printing and Folding
The best way to print the foldables is to watch the movie before going to the printer so you
can know the orientation of how to print them front to back. After printing the foldables
correctly, either show the videos to the students or instruct students how to fold the
foldables.

Printing:
Open PDFs with Adobe Reader and print actual size.

My Typical Week:
I usually teach one science concept per week following this format:

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 Printing Orientation
(to be taken to printer for correct front to back printing)
It is extremely important to properly print these pages front to back.

Foldable 1: The Water Cycle

TOP

FRONT BACK
Foldable 2: The Water Cycle Notes

TOP

FRONT BACK
Foldable 3/Demo: All the Water on the Earth

TOP

FRONT BACK

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 condensation
precipitation

transpiration
Runoff heat
evaporation
flows ocean

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process
moves Earth

atmosphere
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precipitation

transpiration
Runoff heat
evaporation
flows ocean

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process
moves Earth

atmosphere
 All the Earths Water
A Class Demonstration
Purpose:
To allow students to see a scaled model of the Earths water and how it is distributed.

Materials:
Seven one-liter plastic bottles
Blue food coloring
Pencil and blue crayon
All the Water on the Earth Science Doodles foldable

Directions:
1. Fill each bottle with the exact amount of colored water shown in the table below. I
used a Sharpie and wrote the mL amounts on the bottom of each bottle. Label each
bottle with the type of water. Then hide the bottles in a bag or box.

Measured amounts in each bottle:

All the water in the earth 1000 mL
Sat water (oceans) 972 mL
Fresh water 28 mL
Ice caps & glaciers 23.5 mL
Ground water 4 mL
Lakes & rivers 2 drops
Water in the soil & air 1 drop
2. Hand out the All the Water on the Earth notebook sheet to students and have them
glue it in their ISN.

3. Show the full water bottle (1000 mL) and tell the students it represents all the water
in the earth. Ask them to predict how much of all the water in the earth is in the
oceans (salt water). Have students draw a pencil mark on their corresponding bottle
on their worksheets. They can also write their prediction (a number between 1 and
1000) just outside the square.

4. Reveal to students the salt water bottle. Talk about the students guesses and see if
anyone guessed correctly.
 5. Ask students to do the math and come up with the leftover that represents the
fresh water total. Explain that all water falls into two categories: salt water and fresh
water. Fresh water is equal to 28 mL (1000 972 = 28).

6. Continue the process of predictions for each category. Do not reveal the next bottle
until the students have an opportunity to mark on their worksheet and guess the
number of mL for each category.

7. At each step have the students write the correct mL amount and color the correct
level with a blue crayon.

8. Ask the students the following questions:

Were you surprised at any of the amounts?

Do you feel the need to conserve water?

Does the amount of water on the earth ever change? (No, it just cycles around.)

What do these bottles represent for science? (All the water in the Earth)

Why do we need models in science? (To better understand the world around us and
help us make informed decisions)

Have fun with this!

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 You are a drop of water going through
the water cycle. Where do you go? How do you
get there? What processes do you go through?
Include at least three phases of the water
cycle.
 The Water Cycle Lab Instructions
Materials
2-liter bottle for each group (clear plastic, not green)
Warm water
Ice
The Water Cycle Lab Science Doodles worksheet

Instructions
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bottle about three-quarters from the top.

2. Let the students add the ice to the top portion of

the bottle turned upside-down (as shown).

3. Warm up some water and pour into the bottom

portion of each bottle (as shown). I have a tea pot
in my room and warm up the water on a hot plate. You can also use a microwave. As
the students moved back and hold the ice, pour about a cup of warm/hot water in.
(The hotter the better, as long as its not hot enough to melt the plastic.)

4. Have the students quickly put the top, turned upside-down with ice inside, back on.

5. Have the students use their lab worksheet to illustrate what happened, like the
example shown. Check to make sure they illustrate the clouds, too. I had each group
share how many drops fell and hit the water.

I tell the kids that it rained in the classroom! Have fun with this!

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 How much salt water covers the Water in the oceans that
Earth? contain 3-4% salt -
A. 55% A. salt water
B. 65% B. fresh water
C. 75% C. rain water

The Water Cycle The Water Cycle

The removal of beach materials The changes to water when it

into the sea by waves, tides or cycles on the Earth -
wind -
A. the moon cycle
A. beach erosion B. the sun cycle
B. beach deposition C. the water cycle
C. beach compaction

The Water Cycle The Water Cycle

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 Moving ridges of water on the When water is heated in the
surface of the ocean caused by ocean by the sun and turns into
wind - water vapor -
A. tides A. condensation
B. waves B. evaporation
C. pools C. transpiration
The Water Cycle The Water Cycle

Water in lakes and rivers that When water vapor is cooled and
does not contain salt - forms droplets -
A. recycled water A. condensation
B. new water B. evaporation
C. fresh water C. transpiration

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 After condensation, the droplets
of water in the clouds fall to Water that evaporates from the
Earth in different forms - ocean

A. precipitation A. contains sand and salt.

B. condensation B. contains salt.

C. evaporation C. does not contain salt.

The Water Cycle The Water Cycle

Forms of precipitation are Precipitation occurs because

A. only sleet and snow. A. the droplets evaporate in the
B. rain, sleet, snow and hail. air.
C. only dew mists and rain. B. the droplets are to light for
the air to hold.
C. the droplets are too heavy for
the air to hold.
The Water Cycle The Water Cycle

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 The suns energy If water was heated in an
experiment by a hot plate to
A. changes daily. model the water cycle, the
B. heats the ocean before hot plate represents
evaporation.
A. the wind.
C. directly causes evaporation.
B. the moon.
C. the sun.
The Water Cycle The Water Cycle

The land on the Earth covers More evaporation occurs

approximately
A. at night time.
A. 25%. B. during the day time.
B. 50%.
C. 75%.

The Water Cycle The Water Cycle

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 The _________ is the driving When water is evaporated from
force of the Earths weather. the surface of the ocean
A. sun A. biofuel energy is used.
B. moon B. mechanical energy causes it.
C. stars C. solar energy is being
observed.
The Water Cycle The Water Cycle

As part of the water cycle, does

The water cycle has no start or
salt water evaporate?
end.
A. Yes
A. True
B. No
B. False

The Water Cycle The Water Cycle

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 When plants give off drops of When tiny droplets of water
water it is called form in the air it is called
A. transpiration. A. precipitation.
B. evaporation. B. evaporation.
C. condensation. C. condensation.

The Water Cycle The Water Cycle

Most of the Earths water is
found
A. underground in aquifers.
B. in rivers and lakes.
C. in the oceans.
The sun drives the water cycle by
A. heating the ocean.
B. rotating on its axis.
C. giving light to plants.

The Water Cycle The Water Cycle

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 When water flows back into the Heat is part of the water
ocean it is called cycle.
A. run-off. A. True
B. transpiration. B. False
C. precipitation.

The Water Cycle The Water Cycle

When water turns into a gas - The amount of water on the

Earth grows by ____ each year.
A. condensation
B. evaporation A. 5%
C. precipitation B. 0%
C. 25%

The Water Cycle The Water Cycle

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 Most evaporation in the water Evaporation can only occur in
cycle happens in oceans because salt water?

A. they are the largest bodies of A. True

water. B. False
B. they contain salt.
C. they have ice in them.

The Water Cycle The Water Cycle

When drops of water fall down Clouds contain water vapor.

from the sky -
A. True
A. evaporation B. False
B. condensation
C. precipitation

The Water Cycle The Water Cycle

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EVERYTHING I will learn this YEAR in SCIENCE!
Scientific Method, Safety, Tools
Classifying Matter
Properties of Water
Mixtures & Solutions
Energy
Circuits
Light
Force & Motion
Sedimentary Rocks & Fossils
Fossil Fuels
Changes to the Earth
Alternative Energy
Weather and Climate
The Water Cycle
Sun, Earth and Moon
Interdependency
Food Chains & Food Webs
Environmental Changes
Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Cycle
Adaptations
Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors
The Life Cycle

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 Weekly Warm-up The Water Cycle

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