Youre currently using one or more premium resources in your lesson. Read the following story to your students and then have them use clues from the story to construct a water cycle diagram. Waldman traces the journey of a single drop of water throughout the year, with each month receiving its own. Students write a story about how a drop of water may have traveled to arrive at the school. In addition, they design a presentation on the water cycle. A water cycle story neil waldman nonfiction picture book ages 5 to 8 millbrook, 2003, 07623473 this is the story of a snowflake which drifts out of the sky one cold january day.
The water cycle how rain is formed lesson for kids duration. Describe the seven basic forms of snowflakes, which are determined by how much water is in the air and how cold it is. The extensions will give students the opportunity to use higher level thinking skills revised blooms taxonomy. Neil waldman follows the journey of a water droplet through the various stages of the water cycle. A snowflake lands on the peak of a mountain in january. The water begins as a snowflake that melts into a droplet, flows into the ground, bubbles up in a spring, flows into a farms irrigation system, evaporates into the morning fog, becomes part of a cloud, rains down, enters a plumbing system, washes a little girls face, flows out to the ocean. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. This study guide includes vocabulary and comprehension practice. Students write stories based on the story they read of the snowflake which teaches them about the water cycle. These activities will supplement your study of unit 2. Compare the snowflake story and the overall water cycle. The seven basic forms of snowflakes are plate, stellar, column, needle, spatial dendrite, capped column and irregular. Over the course of the next 11 months, the snowflake changes both location and form.
Learners write stories based on the story they read of the snowflake which teaches them about the water cycle. For this water cycle lesson plan, students write stories following a single drop of water. A water cycle story by waldman, neil and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Explain to the students that snowflakes are tiny drops of frozen water vapor. Lesson plans for second grade science about snowflakes should include.
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