Water shed/cycle activity

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Water shed/cycle activity
By TootSweet

I love this activity and do it yearly...
At each table give them a large piece of white butcher paper (large enough to almost cover the table) Each student should take a turn wading up the paper into a ball. Next, stretch
out the paper but leave crumples in it to represent the mountains and valleys. Around the edge, turn up the paper (to keep the water from running off to their tables). Give each student a blue magic marker (NOT the permanant type) and model to them how to use the edge of it to trace the very peaks of the mountains as if it is the snow at the top of the mountains. Give them a few

minutes to color the edge of every ridge.Next, with a small cup of water and eyedroppers for everyone, demonstrate how the rain drops on top of the mountains. The water colors from the marker will start spilling down the mountains making streams and lakes. You can have them suck back up the water with the eye dropper like "evaporation".
Use this activity with the water cycle songs the PP gave you and they will learn the water cycle very quickly!