Journey of a Water Drop: Exploring the Water Cycle

Journey of a Water Drop: Exploring the Water Cycle

Learning Objective

Understanding the water cycle and its stages.

What do you already know about the water cycle?

What is the Water Cycle?

The continuous process of water circulating from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again.

Evaporation

The process in which water changes from a liquid to a gas due to heat from the sun.

Condensation

The process in which water vapor in the air cools down and turns back into liquid, forming clouds.

Precipitation

When the water droplets in clouds become heavy and fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

Collection

The process in which water from precipitation is collected in oceans, rivers, lakes, and underground reservoirs.

Homework Assignment

Draw and label a diagram of the water cycle, including all its stages.

Review

Recap the key stages of the water cycle and their significance in the environment.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.