Land and Water Lesson 2

The experiment Ms.Kiley made us do with our groups

The experiment Ms.Kiley made us do with our groups

On January 6th, Ms.Kiley came to my class again. This time she taught us about the water cycle.

Ms.Kiley told us how the water cycle works. First, water rises from the air. Heat

Ms.Kiley teaching us about the water cycle

Ms.Kiley teaching us about the water cycle

causes this to happen.

Second, The liquid that rises turns into gas. This is called evaporation.

Third, the gases turn into a liquid. This time the cold makes this happen. Then the liquids connect that forms a big cloud. It is called condensation.

Fourth, precipitation. That is when the cloud gets too big from the liquids and then either rains, snows, sleets, or hails.

After that she made us do an experiment. The experiment was to put hot water in a plastic box looking thing, then put saran wrap on the box  and secure it with a rubber band. Then on top of the saran wrap we put a ice pack. We had to wait like 5 minute and while we waited we watched a video on the water cycle.

After we waited, Ms.Kiley told us to look at our experiment and lightly tap on them. When we did, little droplets actually fell from the saran wrap! It was awesome to see that the experiment actually worked.

After that Ms.Kiley made us fill in a sheet in our land and water journals. It was about the steps in the water cycle. Evaporation,condensation, precipitation, runoff, infiltration, and groundwater. And that is what happened when Ms.Kiley came for the second lesson.

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