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EXPLORE: Part 2A
Water Cycle Game Clues
Cloud Station
You fall as rain onto a mountain. Go to mountain.
You fall as sleet onto a mountain. Go to mountain.
You fall as snow into a river. Go to river.
You fall as rain into the ocean. Go to ocean.
You fall as rain onto a parking lot. Go to river.
You fall as rain onto the leaves of a bush. Go to plant.
You fall as snow onto a corn field. Go to plant.
Mountain Station
You evaporate into the atmosphere. Go to cloud.
You soak into the ground. Go to groundwater.
You soak into the ground and get absorbed by a tree. Go to
plant.
You roll downhill and become part of a river. Go to river.
You get frozen as ice and stay there. Stay at mountain.
You are drunk by a mountain goat. Go to animal.
You roll off a cliff into the ocean. Go to ocean.
River Station
You evaporate into air. Go to cloud.
You continue to flow downstream into the ocean. Go to ocean.
You are captured by the roots of a tree by the river. Go to plant.
You are taken in by a deer drinking at the river. Go to animal.
You are taken in by a cow that drinks from the river. Go to
animal.
You are one of the many molecules that flow in this river. Stay at
river.
You are captured by grass on the riverbank. Go to plant.
Ocean Station
You are one of the millions of water molecules in the ocean. Stay
at ocean.
You evaporate into air. Go to cloud.
You are scooped up by a bird. Go to animal.
You are taken in by sea weed, released through its leaves and
transpired into the air. Go to plant but do not draw a card. After
one cycle, go on to cloud.
You are evaporated into the atmosphere. Go to cloud.
You are taken in by a polar bear. Go to animal.
You are one of the molecules that stay in the ocean. Stay at
ocean.
Groundwater Station
You are part of an underground river that flows to the ocean. Go
to ocean.
You are taken in through the roots of a tree. Go to plant.
You are pumped out of the ground to water livestock. Go to
animal.
You are taken in through the roots of grass. Go to plant.
You are part of an underground river that flows to the Yadkin
River. Go to river.
You are pumped out of the ground to irrigate crops. Go to plant.
You remain underground. Stay at groundwater.
Plant Station
You are transpired by the grass as vapor into the air. Go to
cloud.
You are used by the plant for photosynthesis. Stay at plant.
You are used by the tree. Stay at plant.
You are transpired by the rose bush as vapor into the air. Go to
cloud.
You are used by the tree for photosynthesis. Stay at plant.
You are transpired by the corn plant as vapor into the air. Go to
cloud.
You are transpired by the flower as vapor into the air. Go to
cloud.
Animal Station
You are released by a dog as pee and then seep into the ground.
Go to groundwater.
You are vomited by a cat and evaporate into the atmosphere. Go
to cloud.
You are released via perspiration by a horse into the atmosphere.
Go to cloud.
You are released by a fish into the ocean. Go to ocean.
You are released by a cow who peed in a river. Go to river.
You are trapped in the solid waste of a mountain goat. Go to
mountain.
You are released from a human, flushed down the toilet, treated
at the treatment plant and then dumped into a nearby river. Go to
river.
EXPLORE: Part 2A
Station Title Strips
Cloud Station
Mountain Station
Plant Station
Animal Station
Ocean Station
River Station
Groundwater Station
Explore, Part 2A
Transparency
Journey of a Water Molecule
Procedure:
1. There are 7 stations located around the room.
a. Station 1 = CLOUD
b. Station 2 = MOUNTAIN
c. Station 3 = OCEAN
d. Station 4 = RIVER
e. Station 5 = GROUNDWATER
f. Station 6 = ANIMAL
g. Station 7 = PLANT
2. Count off by 7’s and report to your assigned
station.
3. Choose a slip of paper out of the envelope.
Read your statement. Record your station,
directions, and destination on your Water Cycle
Travel Log.
4. Listen for teacher to call “Cycle” and be ready to
move to your next station.
5. You will continue for 10 cycles. Return to your
seat.
After you have your travel logs completed, write a
1-2 page story (from a water drop’s viewpoint)
describing your travels.
Explore, Part 2A
Handout
Name ___________________________
Date ____________________________
Journey of a Water Molecule
Class Discussion
1. Think about the CLOUD Station. What are the different ways that “water
molecules” got to the CLOUD?
2. In your group, discuss each station. How did water get to each station? Make a
visual for each station.
MOUNTAIN
STREAM
OCEAN
ANIMAL
GROUNDWATER
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
PLANT
Even though individual molecules took different paths, was anything similar about
the journeys they took?
In the game, which stations seemed to be visited by the most water molecules?
What can you infer from this?
Can you think of other parts of the water cycle that were not included in the
game? How could they be added to the game?
What would happen to the water cycle if the sun’s energy were blocked from the
Earth?
What might happen if all of Earth’s water stayed in the oceans? In the clouds?
Explore, Part 2A
Handout
Name ___________________________
Date ____________________________
Water Cycle Travel Log
Name __________________________ Date _______________
Remember: Read your slip. Record the station (see envelope), what happens at
that station, and your destination (Go to ___.)
Station
What Happens
at that Station
Destination
Explain, Part 2A
Student Handout
Water Cycle Diagram
You are to create a diagram that shows where water
is found and the process by which the water moves
from one place to the other. Be sure to include all 6
processes of the water cycle. You may use your
textbook or other resources as a guide and notes
from your water cycle lab to guide you in your
illustration.
Rubric:
 Title on front and heading on back
 6 Processes
o Draw the process
o Label the process
o Arrows to show the direction
the water is flowing
o Percentage of water in that location
 Color
 Each process is defined on the back
5 pts
60 pts
10 pts
25 pts
Evaluate, Part 2
Handout
Name ___________________________
Date ____________________________
The Water Cycle and Our Earth
Comprehension Section: Based on the activities you have completed in this unit,
answer the following questions.
1. Water travels in the following path: Ocean  Bird  Ground  Plant. By what
process will the water leave the plant?
2. What are the two processes by which water enters the Earth’s atmosphere?
3. What process creates clouds?
4. Where is most of the water found on the Earth?
Terms Used in Part 2
Condensation – the process of warm air cooling as it rises and releasing moisture in the form of a liquid
Evaporation – the process by which a liquid is changed into a vapor
Fresh water – water on Earth that is used for human consumption
Groundwater – water located below Earth’s surface
Human Consumption – the ability for humans to eat
Hydrosphere – the portion of the Earth that contains water
Impermeable – does not allow water to move through
Infiltration – water that seeps into rocks and between particles of soil
Percolation – the downward movement of water through pores and other spaces in soil due to gravity
Permeable – having pores or openings that allow water(or other liquids) to flow through them
Precipitation – the rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls from clouds onto the Earth’s land and oceans
Runoff – is precipitation that flows over land into streams and rivers. This water later enters oceans.
Surface Water – water found on the surface of the Earth
Transpiration – water vapor given off by plant photosynthesis
Water Cycle – the continuous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back
to the ocean