References

Baptiste, P., Daniel, L., Hackett, J., Moyer, R., Stryker, P., & Vasquez, J. (2000). Science. Farmington, NY: McGraw-Hill School Division.

This was the textbook used by North Graham Elementary.  It gave good information about the water cycle in simple explanations that I was able to use in the Webquest.  It had an especially good explanation about groundwater and the importance of freshwater through statistics.

BrainPOP LLC. (2002). BrainPOP movies: Water cycle. Retrieved November 5, 2002 from http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecology/watercycle.

This website had a great mini-movie for the students to watch.  They enjoyed this website the best!  It also includes written, fun facts below the mini-movie.  BrainPOP has many more educational mini-movies and would be a good suggestion for students to investigate.

Butzow, C. M., & Butzow, J. W. (1989). Science through children’s literature: An integrated approach. Englewood, CO: Teacher Ideas Press.

This book had many ideas about how to teach the water cycle.  I used their idea about creating a mini-water cycle in a cup.  This book was a great reference for activity and lesson plan ideas.  It is a good reference once you have developed your big ideas and basis of the unit and still need some daily ideas!

Cole, J. (1996). The magic school bus: Wet all over. New York City, NY: Scholastic, Inc.

I found this book on www.amazon.com when I was searching for books that would discuss the water cycle in an interesting way.  I then found the book at Books A Million.  The students were very engaged as they listened to Ms. Frizzle’s experiential way of teaching the water cycle.  It was a great reinforcement/review of water cycle information.

Kimball, J. (2001). The many adventures of drippy the raindrop. Retrieved November 5, 2002 from http://www.kimballmedia.com/Drippy/ToMountainsAndBack/Entry.htm.

I found this website through a search at www.yahooligans.com.  I was excited that it gave a perspective on an individual drop of water going through the water cycle.  I think the narrative presentation of the water cycle made it more interesting to the students.  The comic book-like pictures were also very cute.

Marshall, R. H., & Rosskopf, A. (1994). Earth science. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service, Inc.

This was a textbook that I found in the CRC at Elon University.  It was a good secondary reference for explaining certain aspects of the water cycle.

The Green Lane. (2002). The hydrologic cycle. Retrieved November 5, 2002 from http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/nature/grdwtr/e_cycle.htm.

 I especially liked the graphic of the water cycle on this site.  It explained the water cycle by individual key terms that are important.  I thought this site would be good for AIG students because of the depth of the explanations and it was also a good resource for my personal research on the water cycle.

ThinkQuest, Inc. (2002). Water, water, everywhere. Retrieved November 5, 2002 from http://library.thinkquest.org/C0115522/article.php?qs_article_id=33&qs_language=EN&qs_section=NA.

This website explains the water cycle in multiple languages and also has a quick movie that shows the progression of the water cycle.  ThinkQuest also has many more options about water if you were doing a larger unit on water in general.

Wheeling Jesuit University/Center for Educational Technologies. (2001). Earth floors: Cycles. Retrieved November 5, 2002, from http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/water.html.

This was a good secondary source on the website.  The graphic of the water cycle and overall information was simplified.  I thought this would be a good quick-read for students.  It is a nice overview of the important aspects.  It also highlights heat as an important aspect of the water cycle, which I had as a big idea for students to learn.