Process

Part 1

  1. First, you'll be assigned to a team of 4-5 students (this is your "home group").  You will each be responsible for reviewing one process in the water cycle, and be the expert on that process.
  2. One student from each group will be appointed as the leader.
    • The leader is responsible for maintaining order, helping others work well together, helping each other stay focussed on their tasks.
  3. Next, each student will choose a different process to review and become the "expert" on:

  1. Using these websites, you will answer the "QUESTIONS TO FOCUS ON" for discussion within an "expert group".  These are your peers who've researched the same process as you.

Part 2

  1. After you've answered the Questions from Part 1, you can meet with your "expert group" to compare notes. (Discuss key information, decide if more is needed or too much is included).

Return to your "home group" and each of you will present the vital information you discovered. 

1.  Next, work together online with your home group to complete the WATER CYCLE puzzle.

2.  Individually, fill in the Cycle Graphic Organizer.  (print and complete)

  STOP!  You will need to submit your completed "Questions to Focus On" AND your "Cycle Graphic Organizer" for approval BEFORE going on to Part 3.

Part 3

Finally, you will choose a way to present the complete Water Cycle Process so that the younger students in your school will better understand the answers to their questions:

"Why does it rain so much?" and "Where does all this rain come from?" and "Where does all the water go once it hits earth?"

 Prepare a poster

 Create a podcast (done in pairs)

  • Work with one other student to create a podcast, on the web, of your findings, using an interview format...play that for your younger-grade audience. 
  • Must have a microphone, and access to classroom podcasting site (may need to get pre-approval from the district to unblock).

 Write a poem, rap, or song