Water Cycle
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Water Cycle |
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The Task:
You are to research the steps of the water cycle. After this you must pretend you are a water droplet and write a creative story or comic strip describing a trip through the water cycle. You should include factual information in this fiction story. Your droplet must travel through all the phases of the water cycle at least two times, each with different results. |
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The Process:
Step 1. Read the following on line stories about drops of water to get an understanding of the water cycle and the general idea of what your story may look like.
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Step 2. Research the parts of the water cycle. Be sure to find the answers to the following questions in your research.
a. What is evaporation? What causes evaporation?
b. What is condensation? What causes condensation?
c. What is precipitation? What are the different forms?
d. What is surface runoff? Where are places it may go?
e. What are the three major types of clouds? What type of weather do they bring?
f. Draw a diagram of the water cycle and label the parts. |
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Step 3. Collect pictures for your story especially if you are going to write a comic strip. If you feel real creative you may draw a rain drop from using the drawing tools in Microsoft then add some of the faces below. |
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Step 4. Now you are ready to write your story. Write your rough draft in your journal, then type it as Word document. Be creative! Your character must travel through all the parts of the water cycle at least twice but with different results.
Example: Once he may be snow, land on a mountain, and melt. Then another time your drop might be a rain drop that lands on the street and goes down the sewer.
Use new words you learned in your story. Remember stories are more interesting if they have more than one character and include dialogue and descriptive words.
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| Read some examples previous classes wrote: | |||||
Sally the Raindrop by Krystal Johnson
The Story of the Little Raindrop by Kenyatta King
Mark the Raindrop by Marquise Griffin
The Rain Drop that Traveled by Brittney Felix
The Water Drop by Shanelle McGill |
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