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The Water Cycle - Main Components

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Present the water cycle to your middle schoolers with this lesson plan. After an anticipatory set, they participate in a Q & A session about the terms associated with the water cycle: evaporation, transpiration, condensation, and precipitation. Once they have reviewed terms, they go to the computer lab to print a graphic of the water cycle. To wrap-up, learners think about what water has been around to experience. This lesson plan is straightforward, but not highly interactive or engaging.

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Research, the internet, water vapor, water, vapor, condensation, evaporation, hydrology, precipitation, the water cycle, transpiration

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hydrology, water cycle, condensation, evaporation, precipitation, transpiration, water collection, water vapor, internet research, water storage, science
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6th - 8th
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Science
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