WebQuest
The Journey of a Raindrop
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This WebQuest was created for use as an enrichment activity for gifted students in a first grade classroom though it could be used throughout elementary school. The expectations and procedures may need edited slightly for upper grades, but otherwise the WebQuest is a great resource for most elementary teachers teaching about the water cycle. It is designed for individual use, but could be adapted for use with groups of students as needed.
This WebQuest meets not only Science, but also English Language Arts Ohio Academic Content Standards.
Science Standards:
Earth and Space Science
2. Explain that the supply of many resources is limited but the supply can be
extended through careful use, decreased use, reusing and/or recycling.
Physical Sciences
2. Investigate that water can change from liquid to solid or solid to liquid.
3. Explore and observe things that can be done to materials to change their
properties (e.g. heating, freezing, wetting, dissolving, bending, and exposing to
light).
8. Recognize that the sun is an energy source that warms the land, air, and water.
Scientific Inquiry
8. Use oral, written, and pictorial representations to communicate work.
English Language Arts Standards
Writing Applications
1. Write simple stories with a beginning, middle and end that include descriptive
words and details.
4. Produce informal writings (e.g. messages, journals, notes and poems) for various
purposes.
Research
5. Report information to others.
Additional resources are available for use in the classroom through many books and other online sources. One video that was valuable, but did not fit well into this WebQuest is located here.
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