Water Cycle Sub Plan (No Prep): Where Did the Puddle Go? Grades 5-8

A puddle formed in the schoolyard after a rainy Monday, and by Sunday it was almost gone. Where did the water go? Your students read a made-up week of puddle data (rain, air temperature, sky and puddle depth) and act as water cycle detectives. For each day they work out the change in depth, name the water cycle process that explains it (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff or infiltration) and say whether the sun, gravity or cooling drives it.

What's inside

• Sub Plan, 2 pages
• Student Packet, 2 pages
• Answer Key, 1 page, with a suggested 30-point grading guide
• 6 files in all. Print only: no slides, no tech, no water, no scissors.

Answer key included

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