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Drawing the Water Cycle

Suggested Grade Level:Fourth Grade

Objective:Students will follow step-by-step directions to create an illustration of the water cycle. They will label the basic parts of the water cycle with the correct terms.

Curriculum ties: �FourthgradeScienceStandard1Objective1a-d,Objective2a-e,Standard2Objective1b, Standard3Objective3c-d,Standard5Objective2a,e,Objective3b �SocialScience(Time)Standard2Objective3a-b �VisualFineArtsStandard2(Perceiving)Objective2a-e,Standard3(Expressing)Objective2c-d

Time needed: �Prep:20mintofamiliarizeteacherwithinstructions �Drawing:45min.–1hour

Materials needed: �Blanksheetofpaperforeachstudent �Pencilsforeachstudent �Crayons,markersorcoloredpencilsavailable

Teacher notes:Inthisactivity,studentswilllistenasyoureadstep-by-stepdirectionstocreateavisualmodelofthewatercycle.Asyoupresenteachdirection,youmayfinditusefultoprovideanexampleontheboard,overhead,orbyelectronicmeans.Preparestudentsbyhelpingthemorienttheirpapersina‘landscape’position.Thefirstline,thehorizon,shouldbeabout1/3upfromthebottomofthepage.Helpthemlocatethislinebyfoldingthepaperhorizontallyatthe1/3point.Tracethefoldasthehorizon.Furtherassistthembyhavingthemmark“L”and“R”ontheleftandrightsidesofthepaperrespectively.

Procedures:In the classroomDistributethe“Step-by-StepWaterCycle”pagetoallstudents(page2ofthislesson).Distributeablankpaperaswell.Readeachstepaloud.Checkforunderstanding,makingsurestudentsfolloweachstepcorrectly.Whendrawingiscompleted,invitestudentstouseappropriatecolorstofinishtheirpictures.

AssessmentAskstudentstocomparetheirdrawingstotheoneyoucompletedontheboard,projectororother.

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Step-by-Step Water Cycle

Readeachstep.Followyourteacher’sexample.

Draweachsteponyourownpaper.

1.Drawahorizonfromtheleftsideofyourpapertotherightsideofyourpaper.

2.Drawalakeneartherightedgeofyourpaper.

3.Drawamountainneartheleftedgeofyourpaper.

4.DrawaSunabovethelakenearthetopofyourpaper.

5.Drawonecloudoverthemountain.

6.DrawanothercloudbetweenthemountainandtheSun.

7.Drawthreecurlyarrowsfromthelaketothesecondcloud.

8.Drawonestraightarrowfromthelakecloudtothemountaincloud.

9.Drawraindropsandsnowflakesfromthemountaincloudtothemountain.

10.Drawariverfromthesideofthemountaintothelake.

11.Writeinthesewordswhereyourteachershowsyou:

evaporation(curlyarrows) condensation(clouds) movement(clouds)precipitation(rain&snow) movement(river) energy(sun)

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