The Water CycleWhat is it and how does it work?

A Web Quest for 5th form

Introduction

Our class is going on a trip through the water cycle. 

We will discover the answers to the following questions: * Why does water change into many forms? 

* What is the water cycle and how does it affect our lives? 

Not only you will learn the answers to these questions but you will also become the teacher and teach your classmates what you have learned. You will research,

plan and publish.

So… let’s get started!

The Task 

• You will travel through the Water Cycle and investigate each area. Then you will work in

groups to prepare a 4 slides Power Point presentation to show what you have learned about it. You should show how the water cycle works and the importance of taking

care of our water.

Step 1• Use the links below to assist you as you learn about the

Water Cycle.• Kidzone Water Cycle• Water Cycle Grabber • What’s the Water Cycle• Cloud formation

• Answer the following questions on a page.1) What is the water cycle?2) How many parts does this cycle have? What are they called?3) Define evaporation.4) What are the two processes that occur to form clouds? 5) What is condensation? 6) What is accumulation?7) List 3 forms of precipitation.

Step 2Let’s have fun reading a story about a raindrop! Click on Drippy the Raindrop

Now, answer the following questions on your page:

5) When Drippy was boiling, where did he want to go? Why?

6) What process did he need to go through in order to go to the cloud?

7) Before he fell as rain, what process did Drippy have to go through?

8) Where did Drippy finally land?

9) Look for a word that means “to say something letting out a deep breath expressing satisfaction”.

10) What do you think will happen to Drippy?

Step 3• Play close attention to Thirstin and choose the correct

answer. 1) It rains when a) there is too much water in the air. b) it is very hot. c) there is a cloud.

2) An aquifer is a) water in the ocean. b) water in the streams. c) underground water.

3) The water from the plants also vapours. This process is called a) evaporation. b) transpiration. c) precipitation.

4) The vapour turns into liquid again in the sky when a) it gets cold. b) it crashes against a cloud. c) it lasts too much to get to the sky.

Step 4Complete the following chart with the words in the box:

____________ ______________ ______________

_____________

____________

precipitation - condensation (2) - transpiration - evaporation

Step 5 Finally, watch this fantastic movie and let’s think about

how to take care of our environment!!

Climate Change Movie

Are the following statements True or False? Correct the false ones.

• Water is only stored in lakes, oceans, rivers and under the ground. ____

• Infiltration is when the water flows over the ground. ____

Write a paragraph explaining how global warming affects the water cycle and our environment.

Step 6

Visit the links and play the games!

• Scramble words

• Question and Answer Game

• The Water Cycle Quiz

• More games!