Original Promptdevelop a model to describe the cycling of water through the earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity
This resource focuses on the water cycle, emphasizing the roles of solar energy and gravity in driving its processes. Students will learn to construct and interpret a model of the water cycle and categorize various water-related processes such as evaporation, precipitation, condensation, surface runoff, infiltration, and transpiration based on their driving forces. The resource encourages critical thinking through scientific explanations using the CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) framework, prompting students to analyze how solar energy influences evaporation and gravity affects precipitation and runoff. Additionally, students will design and evaluate their own water cycle models, describe the journey of a water molecule, reflect on the limitations of their models, and hypothesize the impacts of global temperature changes on the cycle.