Rivers & South Dakota

Water Cycle

It's raining, it's pouring,
The oceans are storing
Water from the falling rain
While thunderclouds are roaring.

The rain now is stopping,
The rain's no longer dropping.
Sun comes out and soaks up water
Like a mop that's mopping.

The water's still there now,
But hidden in the air now.
In the clouds it makes a home
Until there's rain to share now.

It's raining, it's pouring…

by Meish Goldish

Theme: I have chosen to work with the Hydrological cycle at a 3rd grade level. I believe it is a very important part of our every day life and I hope to give my students a basic understand as to why it is raining or why there is a drought.

South Dakota Earth/Space Science Standards:

2. Students will identify geological features. (example: mountains, valleys, bodies of water)

5. Students will describe the water cycle and its relationship to life on Earth.

Background Sites:
> The Water Cycle
> Kids' Crossing

Lesson Plans:
> Water Cycle ~ Multidisciplinary (Science, Math, & Lang Arts)
> Coral Reef ~ Water Cycle Center
> The Uses of Water ~ Multidisciplinary (Science & Social Studies)
> Thunderstorms & Tornadoes ~ Make it rain!

Interactive Student Sites:
> Watch a movie on the Water Cycle
> Droplet & the Water Cycle
> Water Cycle Quiz through LittleExplorers.com

Fun Sites to Visit:
> Water, Water Cycle, Weather Poems
> About Rivers
> Information about Weather
> Reader's Theater Script ~ Water Cycle Adventure