1. Mission Water Cycle A Homemade PowerPoint Game By April Stimpson
Story
Game Directions
Game Preparation
Game Pieces
Play the game
Objectives
A Homemade PowerPoint Game By
April Stimpson
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Credits
Copyright Notice

2. The Story of “Mission Water Cycle”
Johnny is wanting to go to a birthday party tomorrow, but his mom says he can not go until he studies for his test on the Water Cycle. Can you help Johnny study for his test? Help Johnny answer the questions correctly from his take home review test so that he can he be prepared for his test and go to the birthday party.
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3. Game Directions
The goal of the game is to answer the questions on Johnny’s review test correctly so that you can make it to the end and Johnny can go to the birthday party.
To play the game you have to answer your question correctly to be able to roll the dice and move your game piece. If you answer the question correctly it is the other teams turn. If you answer incorrectly then your team’s turn is over and it is now the other teams turn.
To win the game you have to get Johnny to the birthday party.
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4. Game Preparation
Game board: Print out slides 33-34, cut off the edges, then tape together. Print game board preferably on heavy stock paper of any color paper you would like.
Game Pieces: Print out slide 5 (preferably on heavy stock paper), then cut out the number of pieces you need so that each player has one (if you are playing with teams, each team needs one game piece).
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5. Game Pieces
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6. Credits All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.
Originally designed by April Stimpson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, September 28, 2007 with the title “Mission Water Cycle”.
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7. Educational Objectives
Audience
Elementary school students in grade 5.
Subject Area Objectives
Objectives 3.01 Investigate the water cycle including the processes of:
Evaporation.
Condensation.
Precipitation.
Run-off.
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8. Copyright Copyright 2003 April Stimpson
Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools.
Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there.
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9. Time to play “Mission Water Cycle”!
Are you ready?
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10. Quiz Questions
Answer the question correctly and you can roll the dice. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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11. That’s Correct!
Way to go!!!
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12. Sorry, that’s not correct!
Good Try!!
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13. What is water vapor? Water in the air Running water Heat rising
Freezing water
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14. What is humidity? The amount of water in the clouds
How big the clouds are
The amount of water vapor in the air
The amount of clouds in the sky
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15. Precipitation is ______ water vapor that falls to the earth’s surface.
Condensed
Evaporated
Precipitated
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16. When something evaporates it changes from ______ to _____.
Rain, snow
Gas, water
Ice, gas
Liquid, gas
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17. What happens to air temperature when air rises?
It pushes the water vapor up and it moves around like wind
It expands to cool and them forms a cloud
It rises and warms up because it is near the sun.
It pushes the water vapor up all together to form hail.
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18. How does what water get in the air?
Condensation of water from the earth
Evaporation of water from the earth
Run-off from the earth
Precipitation of water from the earth
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19. What happens when water droplets form on the windows of the classroom?
The air is wet
The classroom is cold.
The air inside is warmer than outside the classroom.
The classroom is constantly changing temperatures.
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20. What is necessary for evaporation to occur?
Air
Heat
Droplets
Ice
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21. Which part of the water cycle is responsible for ground-level fog?
Run-off
Water rising
Precipitation
Condensation
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22. What forms fog?
High humidity comes into contact when the surface of the earth is cool.
There is dew on the ground.
The water droplets in the air are changing temperature.
When clouds move closer to the ground.
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23. What do Cirrus clouds look like?
Big and puffy
Round and curly
Thin and wispy
Tall and handsome
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24. Which is not a type of Precipitation?
Sleet
Snow
Rays
Hail
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25. When something condenses it changes from ______ to ______.
Solid, Gas
Gas, Liquid
Solid, Liquid
Water, Snow
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26. What do Cumulus clouds look like?
Heaps of cotton balls
Sheets of thin paper
Tall and Thick
Round like different size coins
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27. Which holds the majority of the earth’s water?
Ponds
Creeks
Rivers
Oceans
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28. Which is a place where Run-off can not be stored?
Rivers
Pools
Oceans
Soil
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29. Which evaporates the fastest?
Running water
Ocean water
Boiling water
Rain
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30. Clouds are formed by ______ in the air.
Rain
Water vapor and droplets
Warm air
Water droplets
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31. Where is the majority of the water in the atmosphere produced from?
Evaporation
Condensation
Transpiration
Rivers
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32. Which is not an effect of Run-off ?
Erosion
Flooding
Ponds formed
Melting snow
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