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**__Essential Question: __** How do we get water that we use in our daily lives? __**Content Questions: **__ What is a cycle? How do the parts fit together in the Water Cycle?
 * The Water Cycle **

The Water Cycle Song [|Water Cycle Song VoiceThread.doc] As students will watch a youtube video, they discuss the unit and content questions, and the class will make a chart explaining what a cycle is, examples of cycles, and why the water cycle is a cycle. YouTube Video: [] Students can also go to [] and make comments about what they have seen and what they understand about the water cycle. Students should feel free to ask questions, answer each others questions, and make comments to help each other.

My Life as a Raindrop Digital Story [|Digital Story Telling (Water cycle) Lesson.docx] The teacher begins this activity by reading aloud //A Drop Around the World// by Barbara Shaw McKinney and Michael S. Maydak. After students discuss the book and notes from previous activities, the teacher explains that they will be creating a digital story using Photo Story from the point of view of a raindrop.

Water Cycle Voice Thread [|WC VoiceThread LP.doc] [|Water Cycle Voice Thread Checklist.docx] In this activity, students will respond about the water cycle: What are the parts of the water cycle? How do they fit together? How do the different parts of the water cycle compare? Students will be asked to respond to at least 2 questions to show understanding of the water cycle. Water Cycle Voice Thread: []