Earth Science
Unit Overview:
Chapter 4 – Earth’s Water
•Lesson 1 – Earth: The Blue Planet
•Lesson 2 – The Water Cycle
•Lesson 3 – Fresh Water Resources
•Lesson 4 – California’s Water Supply
Chapter 5 – Earth’s Weather
•Lesson 1 – Earth’s Atmosphere
•Lesson 2 – Air Current and Wind
•Lesson 3 – Ocean’s and Air Temperature
•Lesson 4 – Severe Weather
•Lesson 5 – Predicting Weather
Chapter 6 – The Solar System
•Lesson 1 – The Sun
•Lesson 2 – The Structure of the Solar System
•Lesson 3 – Gravity and Orbit
The Water Cycle
Lesson Overview:
1) What do we already know?
(Earth's Atmosphere)
2) Vocabulary
3) Drawings
4) Main Ideas
5) Review
Earth’s Water: Lesson 2
The Water Cycle
What do we already know?
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BrainPOP Teaser
1) The earth’s surface is covered mostly in
water or land?
a)
2) How many oceans does the earth have?
a)
3) Is the ocean salty or fresh?
a)
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The Water Cycle: Vocabulary Part I
1) condensation: when water vapor in
the air condenses
2) sea breeze: the movement of air from
water to land
3) land breeze: the movement of air from
land to water
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The Water Cycle: Vocabulary Part II
4) fog: a cloud that forms near the ground
5) precipitation: water that falls from the air to
the ground as rain, sleet, hail or snow
6) water cycle: is the continuous movement of
water between Earth’s surface and the air
as it changes from liquid to gas to solid to
liquid
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The Water Cycle: Drawings
Earth’s Water: Lesson 2
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The Water Cycle: Drawings (pg. 192)
Earth’s Water: Lesson 2
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The Water Cycle: Drawings (pg. 193)
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The Water Cycle: Drawings (pg. 194-195)
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The Water Cycle: Drawings (pg. 196)
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The Water Cycle: Main Ideas
1) What makes water change form? (pg. 190-191)
a) Temperature
 Quick Check (pg. 191)
-Sequence: What happens to water in a pond
during the year?
a) Evaporation – Condensation – Freezing Melting
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The Water Cycle: Main Ideas
2) What happens to water after it evaporates?
(pg. 192-193)
a) It turns into water vapor and is carried
around with the air.
 Quick Check (pg. 192)
-Critical Thinking: What makes air move?
a) Temperature change
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The Water Cycle: Main Ideas
3) How do clouds form?
(pg. 194-195)
a) Water vapor rises into the atmosphere and
cools and condenses around dust to form
clouds.
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The Water Cycle: Review
1) Summarize the main ideas
1) Click to Watch!
2) Think, Talk, and Write
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