MS-ESS2.C-1

Dive into the Water Cycle

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

4.2 Stars

TEACHERS (46)

4.5

STUDENTS (26534)

3.8

LENGTH

18 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

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Description

Dive into the water cycle with this fun game where you play as a fish swimming and diving in the water while learning everything about the water cycle! Enjoy the gameplay and simulations where you create the environments that make the water cycle possible.

Vocabulary Words

water cycle

runoff

topography

evaporation

transpiration

gravity

condensation

precipitation

infiltration

groundwater

hydrosphere

aquifers

glaciers

crystallization

water vapor

ice

precipitation

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about The Water Cycle. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Water is located in oceans, rivers, lakes, swamps, groundwater, aquifers, and ice.

Topography influences the ways water moves in regional watersheds.

Groundwater is liquid water that has sunken through soil in the ground and travels through cracks between rocks underground.

A small fraction of Earth's water is found in streams, rivers, and lakes.

The water cycle inclues infiltration, which is the process in which liquid water is absorbed into the ground.

The water cycle includes transpiration, the process in which plants absorb liquid water through their roots and then release water vapor through their leaves.

The water cycle is dependent upon the flow of energy from the Sun.

The water cycle includes evaporation, the process in which liquid water changes into water vapor.

Earth's water cycle involves the processes by which water circulates between the oceans, atmosphere, land, and living organisms.

97% of the Earth's water is located in its oceans.

The water cycle includes precipitation, the process in which liquid water or ice falls from the sky.

The water cycle includes crystallization, the process in which liquid water changes to ice.

Most of Earth's freshwater is located in glaciers and underground aquifers.

Human activity can introduce harmful and/or beneficial substances to surface and groundwater.

Earth's hydrosphere includes all of the water existing in the atmosphere, bodies of water, and ground.

In the water cycle, water is constantly changing between the three phases: liquid water, water vapor, and ice.

The main force that drives the water cycle is gravity.

The water cycle includes condensation, the process in which water vapor changes into liquid water.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is the main source of energy that causes the water cycle? Where is water located on Earth? What are the three main phases of water found on Earth?

After the Game

What are the processes involved in the water cycle? What part do the trees play in the water cycle? What role does gravity play in the water cycle? What is infiltration? Can you name more places on Earth where water is located than you named before you played the game? How can humans interfere with the water cycle?