Water's Role in Earth's Spheres

Water's Role in Earth's Spheres

Grade 5 - Earth's Systems

In this Storyline, students develop an understanding of how the hydrosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere interact during various steps of the water cycle. Students also recognize the ways in which people can both negatively and positively impact the water cycle, including how communities can take action to protect water resources.

Storyline

Anchoring Phenomenon

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Bodies of Water in North America Reference Picture

Water for the People - FOCUS Book

Web Diagram - Nonfiction Graphic Organizer

Amount of Water on Earth Data Table

Show Me the Water - Science Video

Water Distribution Assessment

Water Interacts with the Land Reference Pictures

Sea Stacks - I.File

Hoodoos - I.File

Mesas and Buttes - I.File

Sinkholes - I.File

The Matterhorn - I.File

Alluvial Fans - Mystery File

Water and Land Interactions Assessment

Water in a Puddle Animation (no audio) - Science Video

The Water Cycle Interactive Science Lesson, Part 1

Interactive Science Lesson

The Water Cycle Interactive Science Lesson, Part 2

Interactive Science Lesson

The Water Cycle Interactive Science Lesson, Part 3

Interactive Science Lesson

Water Cycle Model - Process Activity

Water Cycle Assessment

Gas Exchange in Leaves - Process Activity

Organisms and the Water Cycle Assessment

Major World Lakes Science Diagram

The Water Cycle Interactive Science Lesson, Part 4

Interactive Science Lesson

Molly Q's Adventure - Fiction Book

Sequence Events - Nonfiction Graphic Organizer

The Water Cycle - Science Diagram

Water, Water, Everywhere! - Science Video

Completing the Water Cycle Assessment

Water Pollution Reference Picture

Ask and Answer Questions - Nonfiction Graphic Organizer

Water Harvesting - Science Video

Water Rationing - Debate

Protecting the Water Cycle Assessment

End of Storyline


Book Assembly