The second week of school saw our class dig a little deeper into the curriculum. Besides focusing on a heavy review of math content, burying "dead verbs" that we are going to try to replace with more vivid ones, and our first reading groups, we also expanded upon what students learned in 4th grade on the water cycle. We began by measuring out 1 liter of water using Falcon tubes which measured 50 mL each. The 1000mL represented all the water on earth. Students then measured out smaller amounts which represend lakes, rivers, glaciers, ground water, water in the atmosphere, and other sources. The end product was a great visual of how much of the earth's water is actually drinkable in its current form.
