The water cycle...

This week in 3 K/M, we began to shift back to science.  We have begun a unit titled, "Water Cycle:  A Raindrop's Journey Through Massachusetts".  Students completed some pre-assessment work by answering questions such as, "One day you notice after a hard rain that there are many puddles on the playground.  The next day there are no puddles.  What do you think happened to the water?"  Another question they pondered was, "Water often gets dirty after it is used.  Why don't we run out of clean water?"  After some time to think, reflect and write, we had a class discussion.  Then we read the book "A Cool Drink of Water" by Barbara Kerley.  If you have not seen this book and love good photography, you should take a look.  Many of the photos are visually stunning... from all over the world.  Students in 3 K/M are world travelers... knowing many of the places in the book!  Yet another rich discussion around water.  Soon we will dive deeper (no pun intended!) into the workings of the water cycle and its affect on all of us.

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