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Water Cycle Poster PrintablesWater Cycle Poster Printables
Publisher
US Geological Survey
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Grade
2nd - 5th
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Science
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Water Cycle Poster

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How many parts make up the water cycle? How many things on Earth rely on water as a system? Learn more about the water cycle in an informative and colorful poster. Print and hang, or project the graphic in the classroom for optimal use.

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Concepts

the water cycle, groundwater, precipitation, condensation, water runoff, bodies of water, water, water sources

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Project the resource onto the white board to use to support instruction
  • Create questions that require learners to answer them using the poster as a basis for the answers

Classroom Considerations

  • The poster is very large in size and requires colored ink if printing
  • Best used in an introductory lesson to the water cycle

Pros

  • Large, containing a wealth of information
  • Perfect to support water cycle instruction
  • Comes with an image version as well

Cons

  • None

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