Water Cycle Project 

 
Your job is to make a Discovery Board that includes the following 
information: 
 
1. A paragraph that describes the steps and process of the water-cycle. 
○ Include a video link that showcases these steps. 
○ Include and image that showcases these steps. 
● Sources to use: 
○ https://youtu.be/z5G4NCwWUxY 
○ https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/science/nature/
water-cycle/ 
○ https://www.ducksters.com/science/the_water_cycle.php 
○ Your science textbook 
2. A paragraph on the ways people can pollute water (i.e. unnatural 
causes of water pollution), and how it can impact the ecosystem.  
○ At least three ways people can pollute water 
must be shared.  
○ At least one way pollution can impact the 
environment should be shared.  
○ Include a corresponding picture. 
○ Sources to use: 
■ https://www.ducksters.com/science/environment/water_p
ollution.php 
■ https://youtu.be/Om42Lppkd9w 
■ https://www.kidsecologycorps.org/our-environment/natur
al-cycles/water-pollution 
■ http://filterbutler.com/blog/water-pollution-facts-to-share-
with-kids/ 
 ■ Your science textbook 
3. A paragraph on ways people can lesson/prevent pollutants that 
enter the watershed/larger bodies of water.  
○ At least three ways people can lesson pollutants should be 
shared. 
○ Include a corresponding picture. 
○ Sources to use: 
■ https://www.eartheclipse.com/pollution/amazing-ways-to-
prevent-water-pollution.html 
■ Your science textbook 
4. The definitions of the following words: 
○ evaporation 
○ condensation 
○ precipitation 
○ accumulation 
○ transpiration 
○ runoff 
○ watershed 
● Sources to use: 
○ Use your science textbook to look up/copy down the 
definitions.  
5. A ​description and picture ​of the following types of 
precipitation: 
○ snow 
○ hail 
○ sleet 
○ rain 
● Sources to use: 
○ Use your science textbook to look up/copy down the 
definitions.