[janet melissa]

I am looking for some ideas for a water cycle unit. Please share your ideas with me.

Thanks,
Janet

[mein10]

I have an entire water cycle poster ready to go. I'll send it to you from school. It's easy and it turns out very colorful.

[eliza4one]

There is a neat water cycle play online---enchanted learning perhaps?

Google it, it should show up.

There are also songs. Do a search on proteacher, as well.

[shy1]

when i taught 4th grade, i would have them write a paragraph describing the water cycle, using transition words, too..... then they would draw a small picture of it with labels underneath it


one year we did it during the winter, so we also talked about ice and they made paper snowflakes.....

[shy1]

one more idea is to have them make posters in small groups or partners that mention how you can conserve/save water....we also did this as part of our ELD time when we were studying the water cycle.

[emily_h20]

I would be interested in the water cycle poster as well if it is not too much trouble.

[NewTeach22]

I found a sound somewhere (could have even been on here) that the kids LOVE. It's to the tune of She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain:
Water travels in a cycle yes it does
Water travels in a cycle yes it does
It goes up as evaporation
Forms clouds as condensation
Then comes down as precipitation yes it does!

We even made up hand movements that moved around in a "cycle". It's a great time to get them up out of their seats and have some fun!

[Angel Star]

I think that's the title??? This an awesome picture book that I use every year during our water unit. "Drop", the main character, travels the world, from the sky, to a trough, through a cow's stomach, back to the sky, down as snow, through a river, down a waterfall, into a water treatmetn plant, into a glass of water, out as sweat on a little girl's forehead, etc. etc. etc.

My kids then write their own traveling water drop stories during writing workshop. They turn out really great!!!

I also open the unit with the song and dance that NewTeach does. It's lots of fun!!! From there, I have the kids act out a story that I tell:
"Each of you is a droplet of water.
You are all in a puddle (the kids lay on floor).
The sun is coming out, you are starting to rise (kids start standing up).
The higher you go you are turning into vapor (raise hands over head).
It's getting cold up here (hold arms, say "brrrr").
Get together with the others and form a cloud (get in a tight group).
There's too many of us in the cloud, it's getting very heavy!
You are turning back into drops and falling to the ground. (kids fall)
You are a puddle again.

This is lots of fun. Afterward, I put 8 parts of the water cycle on sentence strips and the kids work in pairs to put them in order.

[Mrs. C]

I just came across a video clip on teachertube.com and they have a song that goes through the water cycle process. I'm sorry I didn't mark the link, but am guessing it can be found through searching. If you don't, let me know and I'll dig back in my history! I know it's in the elementary section....