Welcome to Water Cycle Day
Aim & Objectives
To develop understanding of and model:
- the water cycle
Glossary
Curriculum Link
Uk National Curriculum: KS2: Human and physical geography
Session One – The Water Cycle
Watch a review of the Water Cycle before starting. Create a plan before logging into Minecraft to build your models.
Activity One:
Use Minecraft to create a model of the water cycle.
Guiding Ideas & Questions:
How does water change over time via the Water Cycle?
What is the water cycle?
How can I use Minecraft to model the process that happen in the water cycle?
Requirements and Assessment Value for your build:
- Sign with each group members’ name (10 points)
- labels, signs or other way to designate each step of water cycle (20 points)
- definitions for each step of water cycle (20 points)
- all builds must include evaporation, condensation and precipitation (10 each=30 points)
- Builds can include: sublimation, transpiration, surface run off, infiltration and percolation (4 each=20 points)
Final grade /100
Final grade /100
Extension – Quizzes
Wrap Up – Review
Complete this review. It helps with future planning.