Unit 5D: Changing state Section 12: The water cycle
Objectives
Children should learn:
that water evaporates from oceans, seas and lakes, condenses as clouds and eventually falls as rain
that water collects in streams and rivers and eventually finds its way to the sea
that evaporation and condensation are processes that can be reversed
to interpret the water cycle in terms of the processes involved
Activities
Outcomes
Children:
Ask children a question about our water eg Where does our bath water come from? Visit a water works or use secondary sources eg video, CD-ROM, reference books to show where our water supply comes from. Help children to see the relationship to earlier work on evaporation and condensation, and to work on rocks and soils, and to use what they know to build up the water cycle from first principles.
describe the water cycle, naming processes correctly eg by telling the story of a drop of water from when it left the sea until it returned to the sea
recognise that evaporation and condensation are processes that can be reversed
Points to note
Children do not need, at this stage, to use the term, 'precipitation' to describe rainfall, hail or snow.
SAFETY - All off-site visits must be carried out in accordance with LEA/school guidelines.
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SAFETY - All off-site visits must be carried out in accordance with LEA/school guidelines.