The Water Cycle Welcome to Mrs. Luper’s class!
What is the Water Cycle? The constant movement of water from the surface of earth to the air and back again. The cycle of evaporation and condensation that controls the distribution of the earth’s water as it evaporates from body’s of water; precipitates and returns to those bodies of water. We think the water cycle is the constant movement of water on earth.
Diagram of the Water Cycle Evaporation, Condensation, and Precipitation are the processes water cycle.
What is the Scientific Method? Learning about the scientific method is almost like saying that you are learning how to learn. You see, the scientific method is the way scientist learn and study the world around them. It can used to study ANYTHING from a leaf to a dog to the entire Universe. The basics of the scientific method is asking questions and then trying to come up with the answers. You could ask, “why do cats and dogs have hair” one answer might be that keeps them warm. BOOM! It’s the scientific method in action. ( OK, settle down.) RAP: Science is my thing today. When you do science- here’s the way: First ask questions- why or how? Then hypothesize- do it now! Experimentation is next in line. You get results that are SO fine! Analyzing data comes up next, Then graph your data, to show it best! Being a scientist- it’s a trip! Its not square- its really hip!
Question How does water change from salt water to fresh water?
Hypothesis Some of us said it would work and some said it would not work. and it didn’t work very well there was no water in the cup for Mrs. Luper to drink and we thought some of the water on the saran rap would fall in to the cup, but that did not happen. So Mrs. Luper wants to try it again when it is hotter outside.
Materials From Randy Mason and Scott *water bowl *glass/cup *salt *plastic wrap *spoon
Procedure Fill the bowl with water. Put salt In the bowl of water. Put the cup in the bowl of water. Put on clear plastic wrap Put outside for several days.
Experiment Day 1 On the first day of the experiment it was raining and we saw a little bit of water on the plastic wrap but none in the cup.
Experiment Day 2 On the second day of the experiment. It rained and there was no sun. There was water on the chair but it was from the rain. The cup was still not full.
Results When we looked in the cup nothing was in there because it didn’t get enough sun, because the atmosphere was to rainy
Conclusion Our experiment did not work because, it was not sunny enough. We learned that next time we conduct the experiment, we have to make sure that it is sunny enough. That way we will be able to make fresh water.