Introduction
Have you ever wondered about the clouds? About why it rains and where the rain comes from? Well look no more! We are here to tell you all about the clouds and the rain and why everything happens like it does. Since the Earth is filled with a lot of water, the water continues to go up and down (and up and down) in cycle we like to call "The Water Cycle!"
The water cycle allows us to have lakes like these:
Rivers like this:
And trees like this:
You may be wondering what is so important about all these things well... by having rivers, and lakes it allows us to have water to drink, and not only water to drink for us also for plants like the trees, and the trees provide us water for us to breathe. So...
The water cycle is AWESOME!!!! It provides us LIFE!
continue on to task to find your assignment.
Task
On the journey of learning about the Water Cycle you will be completing 5 tasks. Using the links below, groups of 3-4 will find interesting facts about the water cycle and write them down. Keeping track of what you learned you will then include the following:
https://www.britannica.com/science/water-cycle
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/science/nature/water-cycle/#!/re…
https://theberkey.com/pages/all-about-the-water-cycle
1. Title for project
2. Completing a 5 question worksheet on the next slide.
3. 6 facts about The Water Cycle.
4. Why is The Water Cycle important to Earth.
5. 4 interests things you learned.
Next, you will then chose one of the choices below and demonstrate the steps involved in The Water Cycle along with above #3 & 4 being included. After one of the following below is presented, you will be graded by the rubric below.
1. Poster (explanation of the process)
2. Song (sang to the audience)
3. Powerpoint (a minimum of 5 slides)
https://image.slidesharecdn.com/waterdoc417/95/waterdoc-38-728.jpg?cb=1…
Process
Welcome To the Process Page!!!!!!
On this journey you will be answering 5 very important questions regarding the Water cycle and the process of how the water cycle works.
There will be three web links provided for you below, you are to look at each one and find the correct answers for each question.
These question will have to be written down with complete answers in order to get full credit on this assignment. You will need to get into groups of two and work together as a team to finish answering this part of the assignment. You're teacher will help you determine how many questions you got correct or incorrect or if you should receive partial credit. In order to receive five points for each question which is the full amount of points you can get for each question you need to have the correct answer in complete sentences. If you receive less points on each questions its for incompletion. The Process of the Water Cycle is very Important. The web links provided to you will inform you on how the Water Cycle works this also where you will find all answers to the five questions listed below.
These listed below are the five questions that NEED TO BE WRITTEN DOWN AND ANSWERED WITH COMPLETE SENTENCES IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FULL CREDIT. Right below the questions are the web links you need to access to look for the answers.
I wish you all good luck and most importantly have fun!
1.) What are The three most Important stages of the Water Cycle?
2.) How does Evaporation work?
3.) How does Condensation work?
4.) How does Precipitation work?
5.) Why are these three stages the most important ones in the Water Cycle?
1). https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/water-cycle/
2). https://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyclesummary.html
3).https://www.freedrinkingwater.com/resource-water-cycle-student-guide.htm
Alright you guys its time to find out what you scored on each question. Please move on to the Evaluation part to receive your grade.
Evaluation
Grading Rubric
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Points: |
Excellent 25 Points |
Satisfactory 20 Points |
Fair 15 Points |
Poor 10 Points |
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Student completes all aspects of the assignment
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All parts of the project are completed |
Most parts are completed but missing one aspect |
Only some parts are completed missing many parts |
Only did one part of the project assigned |
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Student has six or more facts included in their presentation
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Student has all six facts included in project |
Student is only missing one fact in project |
Student is missing two parts of the project |
Student only completed one part of the project |
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Student creates a visually appealing presentation
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The project looks very neat and very visually appealing |
The project looks good but there is some aspects not done as neat |
The student attempted to do the project neat but it needs a lot of visual improvements |
Student did not attempt to make it very visually appealing |
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Student answered all the questions correctly
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All questions are answered completely and correctly |
Almost all are correct but missed one or two questions |
Missed some questions but still got most of them correct |
Only a few questions are correct |
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***EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY***
UP TO 10 POINTS IF STUDENT COMPLETES 2 OF THE PRESENTATIONS
(EXAMPLE STUDENT CREATES POSTER AND SONG)
Conclusion
YOU DID IT!
YOU FINISHED THE WEBQUEST!
Now that you've made it this far you should be able to understand the basics of the water cycle and its importance of it to all of us here on Earth.
Not only did you learn about the water cycle, you should also now be able to understand why we should keep our water clean.
Hopefully you have a better understanding of The Water Cycle and its importance.
In conclusion, we have learned all about the different stages of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation) and how water moves. We have also learned about what happens to water in each stage, as well as different types of precipitation.
After following your way through this wonderful WebQuest, I hope you've learned lots about water and how it gets from here to there!
I hope you all enjoyed this fun and interactive learning activity!
Credits
Blanca - Introduction and Conclusion
Cianna - Task
Cindy - Process
Katie - Evaluation