Water Cycle Unit

Water Cycle Unit

Help your students to explore the interconnectedness of the water cycle, transpiration, deforestation, climate change, and extreme weather. Through hands-on experiments, research projects, and discussions, students will uncover how human activities impact these natural processes and what they can do to take positive action.

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Topics

  • soil quality
  • tree equity
  • community-based solutions
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.2
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.1
  • MS-ESS2-4
  • deforestation
  • urban heat island
  • urban heat island effect
  • evaporation
  • water vapor
  • condensation
  • precipitation
  • water cycle
  • transpiration
  • erosion
  • extreme weather
  • climate change
  • climate crisis