How Does Water Cycle On The Earth? Game Instructions
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Object of the Game: 1) To role-play water molecules as they cycle to the major locations where water is stored on the Earth 2) To reinforce understanding of the processes that transport water through a complex journey we call the water cycle How to Play: 1) Join your partner at your assigned water location poster. Each of you will be a molecule of water (H2O). Any odd student should wait at the Clouds location where he/she will soon join a team. 2) Spin the spinner for your location. Record the result on your Data Sheet and proceed to the next water location. If your spinner lands on CLOUDS or STAY, follow the instructions in the Important Information section below. 3) Continue traveling to water locations until your teacher asks you to stop. Important Information If your spinner lands on CLOUDS, record the result on your Data Sheet. You must evaporate (split up) as you travel to the Clouds location. You cannot have a turn at the Clouds spinner until you have gone through condensation (created a new pair of molecules with the first available partner). If your spinner lands on STAY, record the result on your Data Sheet. Go to the end of the line at your water location. If you are the only molecule at your water location, spin again, remembering to record the result after each spin. Condensation
Evaporation: the changing of a liquid into a gas Condensation: the changing of water vapor from a gas to a liquid
Precipitation Transpiration
Collection
Precipitation: the falling of water to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
Evaporation
Collection: the pooling of water on the ground in puddles, streams, lakes, oceans, etc. Percolation: the mixing of water with soil
Percolation
Transpiration: the giving off of water vapor by plants
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Directions: Use this Data Sheet to keep a log of the locations you visit as you cycle through the Earth’s water locations. An example is listed below. Record information each time you spin. I cycled to _______ (location)
clouds
as a _____ (solid, liquid, gas)
gas
through _______________. (process)
evaporation and condensation
Now I am a ___. (solid, liquid, gas)
liquid
Make Sense of It: What did you learn from this activity? _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
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