This document discusses the water cycle and its key steps - evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection. It prompts the reader to think about these steps, provides examples of where precipitation collects, and assigns homework to create a diagram of the water cycle, allowing for different formats of presentation.

1. Where does that water come from?!

2. Imagine the Chattahoochee River... What do you think happens to the water when it heats up? Hint: Think back to some of the vocabulary from last week.

3. Evaporation!! I hope you guessed correctly! Don’t forget, you can’t always SEE evaporation or water vapor but you can see the results. How? Well, what happens AFTER evaporation? occurs?

4. Condensation and then Precipitation! Once the water evaporates, it cools off and condenses… then WATCH OUT because here comes the RAIN aka Precipitation!!

5. Collection! Precipitation usually ends collected SOMEWHERE such as rivers, pond, the ocean, and even your mom’s flower beds! Then, the cycle starts ALL OVER AGAIN!

6. Here is what it looks like!:

7. Activities we are going to try! Fill your glass with water and we are going to go outside. Let’s see what step of the cycle we can see.

8. Next?! Fill your bowl with the water from your cup. Take the sponge and dip it in the water. What could the sponge represent? Now hold it above the bowl and squeeze. What is happening now?

9. Homework: Create your own diagram of the water cycle. You can do this any way you want! Some options include computer programs, poster, presentation using objects, etc. The rubric is located on the website under Lesson Two.