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Water Cycle InteractiveWater Cycle Interactive
Publisher
NOAA
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Interactives
Audiences
For Teacher Use
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Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategies
Differentiated Instruction
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Technology
Video
Internet Access
Year
2013
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Water Cycle

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This Water Cycle interactive also includes:
  • The Water Cycle (html)
  • Global Warming and the Water Cycle
  • Groundwater Use and Overuse
  • Water Cycle
  • Map
  • Assessment
  • Answer Key
  • Graphic & Image
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Be water wise! Science scholars learn the water cycle on a global scale in part seven of a 13-installment series. The hands-on interactive allows them to explore Earth's water storage, types of precipitation, and the cycling of water through phase changes. Other activities include weather events that impact the water cycle and human actions that are having a negative impact around the globe.

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Concepts

the water cycle, freshwater, saltwater, condensation, evaporation, precipitation, glaciers, water runoff, groundwater, plate tectonics, subduction, climates

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Use Explore the Water Cycle to help pupils create a graphic organizer or model
  • Tie in geography by having grops identify weather-related disasters nearby and assessing the possible impacts the events made on their communities

Classroom Considerations

  • Do a quick assessment of your class' knowledge of phase changes prior to using the resource
  • Individuals need computer access to complete the interactive

Pros

  • The interactive allows learners to build their knowledge of the water cycle a layer at a time
  • Resource includes all printable materials 

Cons

  • None

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