the water cycle

this week we have been learning about the water cycle, the miracles, the blessings, the science behind it etc. we started by getting some books from the library, we read and discussed them.

then we made our own picture of the water cycle, to make it a little more fun and crafty, we made the picture out of tissue and crepe paper (this part they loved), then we wrote what happens during the whole cycle on separate pieces of paper and stuck them on (by this part they my sons hands were aching! if you know what i mean)

today we done an experiment by boiling some water in a pan (just a small amount), i held a cold plate over the boiling water, to show the kids that the steam turns back into water when it cools down, after a while the water had almost evaporated completely, we discussed that this is a similar process to the water cycle.

other things that i want to do relating to this topic are:

one of the books above 'a drop of mercy' has some refrences of the qur'an which i want to go through and discuss.

maybe some worksheets.

http://www.kidzone.ws/water/index.html

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/swater.html

some videos

http://www.neok12.com/Water-Cycle.htm

another experiment

http://www.mcwa.com/kids.htm#cycle