Giant Pandas Sign up to get panda news from the Zoo. Giant pandas are black and white bears that live in temperate-zone bamboo forests in central China. Among the best recognized—but rarest—animals in the world, they have come to symbolize endangered species and conservation efforts. As few as 1,600 giant pandas survive in the mountain forests of central China. More than 300 pandas live in zoos and breeding centers around the world; most of these pandas are in China. Giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian are at the National Zoo under a Giant Panda Cooperative Research and Breeding Agreement, signed in January 2011, between the Zoo and the China Wildlife Conservation Association. Seeing Pandas at the Zoo Giant panda cub Bao Bao is now on exhibit! The panda house at the David M. Visitors will be allowed into the panda house on a first-come-first-served basis. Due to the expected number of visitors to see Bao Bao, Asia Trail will be open to one-way traffic only. It was an exciting day at the David M.
C·R·E·A·T·E for Mississippi >> Classroom Resouces >> Lesson Plans >> The Water Cycle The Water Cycle Subject Area: Science Grade Level(s): 6 Duration of Activity: 2 to 3 class periods Description of Activity: In this activity students will recognize that a water cycle is a repeated pattern of change. Objectives: Identify the four parts of the water cycle: condensation, evaporation, precipitation and transpiration. Materials/Equipment: Microsoft Paint software program. Prerequisites (skills or background needed): The students need knowledge of what is meant by cycles, changes and clouds. Procedure Teacher Component: The teacher will discuss definitions of vocabulary terms: condensation, evaporation, precipitation and transpiration, cycles, changes, cloud and water vapor. have students form hypotheses about the following questions and write the answers in their science notebooks: Why does a bathroom mirror "fog up"? Student Activities: The student will Accommodations: Extension Activities: Integration: Language Arts Technology Art Assessments: URLs: Curriculum Frameworks TerraNova:
Pages — Beyond Weather & The Water Cycle Lesson Plan - Create a Water Cycle Make a mini water cycle! We know that water can be a liquid, a gas, or a solid. Outside, water is always changing from liquid to gas and back again. This process is called the water cycle. You can see how the water cycle works. The Water Cycle The sun's heat causes water to evaporate from streams, lakes, rivers, and oceans. Create Your Own You will need: a large metal or plastic bowl a pitcher or bucket a sheet of clear plastic wrap a dry ceramic mug (like a coffee mug) a long piece of string or large rubber band water Put the bowl in a sunny place outside. The "mist" that forms on the plastic wrap will change into larger drops of water that will begin to drip. This experiment adapted from resources provided by the Monroe County Water Authority -
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The Water Cycle © 2012 Clipart.com Purpose To help students understand the continuous cycle that water undergoes as it changes form. Context In this lesson, students build upon their previous investigations of water—and its different forms—by learning about the water cycle and its continuous flow around us. Students begin by reviewing what they already know about water and how it can freeze into ice or turn into a gas depending on how low or high temperatures become. In general, students at this level should already have an understanding of the following benchmark ideas: some events in nature have a repeating pattern—such as daily weather patterns or changes in temperature and the appearance of rain and snow at different times of the year; water can be a liquid or a solid and can go back and forth from one form to the other; and water left in an open container disappears, but water in a closed container does not disappear. Planning Ahead Motivation Begin by drawing attention to the glass of water.
Games@NOAA Water Education Foundation Did you know that the water you drank this morning might have been the same water a dinosaur drank millions of years ago? Or it may have been the same water that supported Columbus' ships on the sea. There is the same amount of water on Earth today as there has always been. The water keeps moving around in an endless cycle called the water cycle. Water itself is the only substance that exists in liquid, gas and solid form - the keys to the water cycle. Water evaporates from oceans, rivers and lakes (water in its liquid form) and rises into the atmosphere (water in its gas form) where it condenses to form clouds. top Of all the water on Earth, only a small amount is available for us to use. 97.2% of the Earth's water supply is salt water. Of the total supply of water on Earth, 0.6% is groundwater (we can use some of this water) 0.01% is in lakes and streams (we can use some of this water) 2.2% is in glaciers and icecaps 0.001% is water vapor Brush your teeth?
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The Watercycle The Watercycle The Water Cycle (also known as the hydrologic cycle) is the journey water takes as it circulates from the land to the sky and back again. The Sun's heat provides energy to evaporate water from the Earth's surface (oceans, lakes, etc.). Plants also lose water to the air (this is called transpiration). The water vapor eventually condenses, forming tiny droplets in clouds. WHY ARE THE OCEANS SALTY? Web Links On the Water Cycle and the Oceans Enchanted Learning®Over 35,000 Web PagesSample Pages for Prospective Subscribers, or click below Click to read our Privacy Policy E-mail Advertisement. Copyright ©2000 EnchantedLearning.com ------ How to cite a web page