How do you picture the water cycle?
Here are three different examples of how to paint the water cycle using the computer program paint. Students will be able to draw their own version after a short lesson on what the water cycle is and how it works.
Creating a glogster:
Students will need to design a gloster on how the water cycle works. This glogster needs to include the main points of the lesson. Needs to be informational. Can include definitions of key words, pictures and explanations.
Introduction:
How do you picture the water cycle?
Task:
After the weeks lessons on the water cycle students will do an end of unit project. That project will be a painting of the water cycle and an informational glogster. The students will be shown an example of a painting of the water cycle then will be asked to create their own. For the glogster students will be asked to put everything they have learned about the water cycle into the glogster. This must be informational and display they have a complete understanding for the water cycle.
Process:
- Teacher will begin the class with a short introduction and explain the assignments for this unit.
- Students will talk amongst themselves with the information they have learned throughout this unit.
- Once the students have talked they will begin to work on their informational glogster.
- Once glogster is complete students will then draw their own water cycle using the application paint.
- Students will include their paint document into their glogster.
Resources:
www.glogster.com
Application Paint on the computer
Application Paint on the computer
Evaluation:
Their painting of the water cycle will be based on accuracy and participation. The glogster will be based on a rubric with a total point count of 5.
Conclusion:
Students should have a clear understanding of the water cycle. They should be able to tell people the most important things of the water cycle. For example the students should be able to explain what evaporation, condensation and precipitation are.