1. Water Cycle
Grade 6

2. Pre-Assessment and Standards

3. What do you already know about the Water Cycle?
Science Starter
What do you already know about the Water Cycle?
Make a new folder named Water Cycle.

4. Vocab
Individually, brainstorm as many vocab words about cells that you can think of. No google!
As a table group, combine all of your words into one group list of vocab words.
As a class we’ll come up with a class list of words.

5. Water Cycle Vocab Glacier Evaporation Cloud Air Rain Fog Acid Rain
Blizzard
Gas
Hail
Sleet
Snow
Ice
Tsunami
Water
Sea
Flood
Storms
Hail
River
Lake
Pond
Ocean
Mountain

6. Pre-Assessment
Create a concept map that connects the different words and what they have to do with each other. When drawing a line, write how they’re connected.
When finished, save as JPG and upload it to your new Water Cycle folder.

7. Magic School Bus: Wet All Over

8. What causes water to condense, evaporate, or precipitate?
Science Starter
What causes water to condense, evaporate, or precipitate?

9. WC Inquiry - Create and explain each step of the water cycle
What you can do:
Use everything you can find in the room.
Bring supplies from home.
What you can’t do:
Get your answer online, in a textbook, from a teacher, etc.
Words:
Precipitation, evaporation, condensation,

10. WC Inquiry
How will working on this project be different than normal class? What will we have to consider?

11. WC Inquiry - Create and explain each step of the water cycle
What you can do:
Use everything you can find in the room.
Bring supplies from home.
What you can’t do:
Get your answer online, in a textbook, from a teacher, etc.
Words:
Precipitation, evaporation, condensation,

12. Which step of the water cycle inquiry was the most difficult? Why?
Science Starter
Which step of the water cycle inquiry was the most difficult? Why?

13. Review / Summative

14. Science Starter
What was different about how you created the water cycle and how it happens in nature?
Community Reflection

15. Water Cycle Discussion
With your new partner discuss the following questions:
Discuss for each step where you would see it happen in nature. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
At your table, make a venn diagram of what you did and what happens in nature.

17. Come up with a multiple choice question about the Water Cycle.
Science Starter
Come up with a multiple choice question about the Water Cycle.
If you think you have a good one, raise your hand.

18. Kahoot
Water Cycle Kahoot

19. Hot Seat
Vocab Word
Points:
Team Boys: 5
Team Girls: 3

20. Science Starter
Study before the summative.