1. Earth Science Unit Overview: Chapter 4 – Earth’s Water
Lesson 1 – Earth: The Blue Planet
Lesson 2 – The Water Cycle
Lesson 3 – Fresh Water Resources
Lesson 4 – California’s Water Supply
Chapter 5 – Earth’s Weather
Lesson 1 – Earth’s Atmosphere
Lesson 2 – Air Current and Wind
Lesson 3 – Ocean’s and Air Temperature
Lesson 4 – Severe Weather
Lesson 5 – Predicting Weather
Chapter 6 – The Solar System
Lesson 1 – The Sun
Lesson 2 – The Structure of the Solar System
Lesson 3 – Gravity and Orbit

2. 1) What do we already know?
The Water Cycle
Lesson Overview:
1) What do we already know?
(Earth's Atmosphere)
2) Vocabulary
3) Drawings
4) Main Ideas
5) Review
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3. The Water Cycle What do we already know? BrainPOP Teaser
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The Water Cycle What do we already know? BrainPOP Teaser
The earth’s surface is covered mostly in water or land? a)
How many oceans does the earth have?
3) Is the ocean salty or fresh?
3) Food Chain
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4. The Water Cycle: Vocabulary Part I
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The Water Cycle: Vocabulary Part I
1) condensation: when water vapor in the air condenses
2) sea breeze: the movement of air from water to land
3) land breeze: the movement of air from land to water
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5. The Water Cycle: Vocabulary Part II
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The Water Cycle: Vocabulary Part II
4) fog: a cloud that forms near the ground
5) precipitation: water that falls from the air to the ground as rain, sleet, hail or snow
6) water cycle: is the continuous movement of water between Earth’s surface and the air as it changes from liquid to gas to solid to liquid
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6. The Water Cycle: Drawings
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The Water Cycle: Drawings
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7. The Water Cycle: Drawings (pg. 192)
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The Water Cycle: Drawings (pg. 192)
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8. The Water Cycle: Drawings (pg. 193)
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The Water Cycle: Drawings (pg. 193)
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9. The Water Cycle: Drawings (pg. 194-195)
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The Water Cycle: Drawings (pg )
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10. The Water Cycle: Drawings (pg. 196)
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The Water Cycle: Drawings (pg. 196)
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11. The Water Cycle: Main Ideas
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The Water Cycle: Main Ideas
What makes water change form? (pg )
a) Temperature
Quick Check (pg. 191)
-Sequence: What happens to water in a pond
during the year?
a) Evaporation – Condensation – Freezing - Melting
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12. The Water Cycle: Main Ideas
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The Water Cycle: Main Ideas
2) What happens to water after it evaporates?
(pg )
a) It turns into water vapor and is carried around with the air.
Quick Check (pg. 192)
-Critical Thinking: What makes air move?
a) Temperature change
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13. The Water Cycle: Main Ideas
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The Water Cycle: Main Ideas
3) How do clouds form?
(pg )
a) Water vapor rises into the atmosphere and cools and condenses around dust to form clouds.
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14. The Water Cycle: Review
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The Water Cycle: Review
Summarize the main ideas
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Think, Talk, and Write
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