Water Cycle - Marcom Projects
Water Cycle - Marcom Projects
Water Cycle - Marcom Projects
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Extensions<br />
Exploration Ideas<br />
Have students investigate the following questions related to the water cycle.<br />
• What are the three forms that water takes? How do the forms change? How does ice<br />
change into water? <strong>Water</strong> into vapor?<br />
• What percentage of the human body is made up of water? How much of the earth is<br />
covered by water?<br />
• How does water shape the earth, create canyons, alter the shape of mountains,<br />
erode shorelines, etc.?<br />
• What role does water play in weather? How are rainbows created when it rains?<br />
• How does water determine the environment? (For example, less than eleven inches<br />
of rain creates vast desert areas; an abundance of rain results in a rain forest; and<br />
both have distinct plant and animal life that have adapted to those conditions).<br />
• Explore a local body of water. Have students create a map of your region or state on<br />
one wall in the classroom. Discuss the different bodies of water that exist in your area<br />
(lakes, ponds, streams, ocean, etc.). Draw and label them on the map. Explore water<br />
sources in the community. Where does your drinking water come from? How much<br />
rainfall do you get each year?<br />
• Explore environmental issues related to water. As a class, or in small groups, explore<br />
the issues of pollution and global warming. Have students do research and create<br />
drawings, write reports, or do projects to report their findings to the rest of the class<br />
or to other classes.<br />
28<br />
Additional<br />
Resources<br />
<strong>Water</strong> <strong>Cycle</strong> Video Quiz © Sunburst Visual Media, a division of Global Video, LLC
Change language