Water Cycle
Evaporation
Have you been watching the water cycle? As I’m writing this I look out my window, just past my computer screen, and see a couple of rain drops hitting the pool’s surface and I watch the rings as they stretch out across the water. But as the rings work their way towards the pool edge [...]
Water Cycle Inquiry
While some of you are working on your creative version of the water cycle song (dance?), which we’ll post here, we are moving on and looking more closely at the mechanisms of the water cycle.
The basics of the water cycle, those marked in red, should be familiar to most students. But how well do you [...]
By Popular Demand
Here’s the best video of all time, well maybe not that good, but it is fun in class.
Learn the song, choreograph your moves and we can record your version in class.
Rain Water Collection
As part of our studies on the hydrosphere we’re trying to determine the amount (volume) of rain water that could be collected from the roof of our classroom building. So far students determined the average annual rainfall received in Winter Garden and the dimensions of the 400 building (see the gallery for pictures).
The challenge that [...]
Water Resources and Your Community
When we started this activity we set 4 goals:
To develop an understanding of the distribution of salt and fresh water on the earth (how it’s spread out or separated)
To learn what sources of water we use in Winter Garden
To create a model of how water moves between reservoirs (places that hold water) within the water [...]
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