QCA document Visit the Canterbury Environmental Education Centre ( details ) and undertake one of the relevant programmes, 'Water Cycle at Broad Oak Lakes' 'Weather Days' or the 'Great Stour River Study.' The Great Stour River Study programme involves walking along a section of the river refering to maps, noting relevant geographical, man made and biological features and undertaking simple experiments (for example measure differing speed of channel flow). Visit the Virtual Tour pages to take this walk along the Great Stour, which can be used to prime or reinforce the field work. The Photo and Map pages are a good source of secondary information. The photographs focus on the Great Stour River along its course and the maps show the catchment area, topography and geology of the Gt Stour River basin. Use the Gt Stour Case Study pages as a secondary source of information on pollution, farming, industry and development and the potential impacts upon the Great Stour.
Plant Life Cycles In this lesson, students learn about the life cycle of plants by watching a time-lapse video. This activity provides students with further evidence that all living things grow and change as they progress through their life cycle. Two optional video segments show students how to set up a germination experiment and how to grow seeds they collect on their socks. 1. Which part of the plant develops into the fruit? 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Have students conduct the germination experiment demonstrated in the Germinator video.
Water Cycle and Water for Kids What is the Water Cycle? The Water Cycle (also known as the hydrologic cycle) is the journey water takes as it circulates from the land to the sky and back again. Interactive Game Can you put all the labels in the right places? The story of the Water Cycle Why do we need the water cycle? The Earth is covered by water, however, almost 97% is salt water found in the oceans. How many processes make up the water cycle? There are six important processes that make up the water cycle. Condensation - the opposite of evaporation. Cloud in a Bottle at Steve Spangler Science Click here to watch the video! Adult supervision is required! Put on your safety glasses and start by pouring just enough warm water in the bottle to cover the bottom. Okay, so you've mastered the technique and you're ready for an even better cloud? Even though we don't see them, water molecules are in the air all around us. Pumping the bottle forces the molecules to squeeze together or compress. The reason the rubbing alcohol forms a more visible cloud is because alcohol evaporates more quickly than water. Clouds on Earth form when warm air rises and its pressure is reduced. Meteorologists young and old will marvel at our selection of scientific weather supplies. Sources for this information included the Exploratorium website and the National Hands-on Science Institute.
The Water Cycle Introduction Precipitation, evaporation, and transpiration are all terms that sound familiar, yet may not mean much to you. They are all part of the water cycle, a complex process that not only gives us water to drink, fish to eat, but also weather patterns that help grow our crops. Water is an integral part of life on this planet. It is an odorless, tasteless, substance that covers more than three-fourths of the Earth's surface. Most of the water on Earth, 97% to be exact, is salt water found in the oceans. Only about 3% of Earth's water is fresh.
The Water Cycle for Kids and Students The water cycle describes how Earth's water is not only always changing forms, between liquid (rain), solid (ice), and gas (vapor), but also moving on, above, and in the Earth. This process is always happening everywhere. Back to the water cycle diagram for students. Animals In the grand scheme of the water cycle, animals may not play a very big role, but all animals, including you, participate in moving water around as part of the water cycle. The water cycle is critical to all animals and life on Earth. There is one creature on Earth that does have a very large impact on the water cycle—human beings. Atmosphere The atmosphere truly is the superhighway in the sky that moves water everywhere over the Earth. The next time you go outside you will be standing in the Earth's atmosphere. The air outside may look invisible, but it is full of molecules, including water molecules, as water vapor. How much does a cloud weigh? Clouds are made of water, and water has weight, so how can they float? Lakes
Water cycle As the Earth's surface water evaporates, winds move water in the air from the sea to the land, increasing the amount of fresh water on land. Water vapor is converted to clouds that bring fresh water to land in the form of rain or snow. Precipitation falls on the ground, but what happens to that water depends greatly on the geography of the land at any particular place. The water cycle involves the exchange of energy, which leads to temperature changes. The evaporative phase of the cycle purifies water which then replenishes the land with freshwater. Description[edit] Processes[edit] Many different processes lead to movements and phase changes in water Condensed water vapor that falls to the Earth's surface . The precipitation that is intercepted by plant foliage, eventually evaporates back to the atmosphere rather than falling to the ground. Snowmelt The runoff produced by melting snow. The variety of ways by which water moves across the land. Subsurface flow Evaporation Advection Condensation
The Watercycle The Watercycle The Water Cycle (also known as the hydrologic cycle) is the journey water takes as it circulates from the land to the sky and back again. The Sun's heat provides energy to evaporate water from the Earth's surface (oceans, lakes, etc.). WHY ARE THE OCEANS SALTY? Web Links On the Water Cycle and the Oceans Enchanted Learning®Over 35,000 Web PagesSample Pages for Prospective Subscribers, or click below Click to read our Privacy Policy E-mail Advertisement. Copyright ©2000 EnchantedLearning.com ------ How to cite a web page
Water Education Foundation Did you know that the water you drank this morning might have been the same water a dinosaur drank millions of years ago? Or it may have been the same water that supported Columbus' ships on the sea. There is the same amount of water on Earth today as there has always been. Water itself is the only substance that exists in liquid, gas and solid form - the keys to the water cycle. Water evaporates from oceans, rivers and lakes (water in its liquid form) and rises into the atmosphere (water in its gas form) where it condenses to form clouds. top Of all the water on Earth, only a small amount is available for us to use. 97.2% of the Earth's water supply is salt water. Of the total supply of water on Earth, 0.6% is groundwater (we can use some of this water) 0.01% is in lakes and streams (we can use some of this water) 2.2% is in glaciers and icecaps 0.001% is water vapor In the water world, water is commonly measured in acre-feet. Brush your teeth?
The Water Cycle © 2012 Clipart.com Purpose To help students understand the continuous cycle that water undergoes as it changes form. Context In this lesson, students build upon their previous investigations of water—and its different forms—by learning about the water cycle and its continuous flow around us. In general, students at this level should already have an understanding of the following benchmark ideas: some events in nature have a repeating pattern—such as daily weather patterns or changes in temperature and the appearance of rain and snow at different times of the year; water can be a liquid or a solid and can go back and forth from one form to the other; and water left in an open container disappears, but water in a closed container does not disappear. This lesson furthers what students know about the connection between liquid and solid forms of water, in addition to helping them recognize that water can also be a gas, which is much more difficult at this level. Planning Ahead Motivation