WATER

 

1.     Find the article on The Water Cycle      

Discover what percentage of the earth's water is -

    1. salt water                                        

    2. fresh water but solid ice

    3. fresh water that can actually be used

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/index.htm

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2.     In the Nature of Water -

    a) Find another name for the Water Cycle.

    b) What is meant by the word TRANSPIRATION?

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    c) In the Management of Water - find the pie graph that shows how water is used in the home.
    Find the different uses and the percentages of each.

    http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/nature/e_nature.htm

     

     

    3.    Something to find our about RAIN

    1. How many gallons of water fall when 1 inch of rain falls on 1 acre of land?

    2. Which place in the world holds the record for the most rain?

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/mearth.html

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 4.     Go to - Water Water Everywhere / LIFE

    1. How long can humans live without food?

    2. How long can humans live without WATER?

    3. We need lots of water in our body to dissolve the N-------- that our body needs.

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    1. There is a good movie on this site of the Water Cycle under the NATURE section.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0115522/section.php?qs_language=EN


5.     Look at Oceans Alive /Physical Features of the Oceans

  1.   Give details of the deepest part of the oceans.

  2. How do scientists manage to measure deep parts of the oceans?

  3. What is unusual about the mountain Mauna Kea?

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        Look at Oceans Alive / The Water Cycle

      d)  Read the instructions for making a Working Model of the Water              Cycle.

What is the point of putting colouring into the water during this experiment?

If you would like to try this experiment or the other one mentioned at the end, copy and paste them into your folder.

http://www.mos.org/oceans/

 

Story About a Raindrop http://www.kimballmedia.com/Drippy/ToMountainsAndBack/Entry.htm
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Could you write or illustrate a similar sort of story to this?

 

Complete the Water Cycle at

http://www.gridclub.com/have_a_go/science/gridcity/index.shtml
(Grid City/Stuff/The Epic Adventure of the Humble Raindrop)

 

Some more experiments

http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/pilot/water_cycle/grabber2.html

Brain pop movies (might be slow) - http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecology/watercycle/index.weml