3.5 The Water Cycle
This is Lesson 3.5, “The Water Cycle,” from the National FFA Grow Your PALS Program Guide (Food and Nutrition unit), designed as a small-group mentoring lesson. Students build a model water cycle in a jar and construct a reservoir model to learn how water moves continuously and how reservoirs collect, store, and naturally filter water for community use.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Create a model of the water cycle.
- Explain how a reservoir works.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 30 minutes
- Materials
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- Glass of water
- Plastic box
- Spray bottle
- Pebbles
- Sand
- Soil
- Leaves
- Large, clear glass or plastic jar for each PALS' model water cycle
- Several small plants for each PALS' model water cycle
- Bottle cap, shell or other small container of water for each PALS' model water cycle
- Soil for each PALS' model water cycle
- Sand for each PALS' model water cycle
- Pebbles for each PALS' model water cycle
- PALS3.5.SG.AS.A – one per student
- PALS3.5.SG.AS.B – one per student
- PALS3.5.ASSESS.A – one per student
- Local map depicting the location of reservoirs in the area
- Unit
- Food and Nutrition
- Lesson Type
- Small Group
- Precepts
- E. Awareness — E1. Address issues important to the community
- Key Terms
- Reservoir
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- ESS.03.02.03.aExplain how the physical qualities of the soil influence the infiltration and percolation of water.
- ESS.03.03.01.aDescribe the world's water supplies and discuss the many uses of water.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NS.K-4.1Science as Inquiry
- NS.K-4.4Earth and Space Science