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In this activity students are asked to imagine that they have to explain the water cycle to someone who has never heard of it. They will need to think creatively about how to show the movement of water through the water cycle.

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Water moves naturally through our environment and our planet. We can use different ways to explain the water cycle.

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Australian curriculum content descriptions:

Year 3 Science:

With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge (ACSIS053)
Represent and communicate ideas and findings in a variety of ways such as diagrams, physical representations and simple reports (ACSIS060)

Year 3 English:

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print,and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose (ACELY1682)

Year 4 Science:

With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge (ACSIS064)
Represent and communicate ideas and findings in a variety of ways such as diagrams, physical representations and simple reports (ACSIS071)

Year 4 English:

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts containing key information and supporting details for a widening range of audiences, demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features (ACELY1694)

Syllabus Outcomes: ST2-4WS, EN2-2A.

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Explore the Water Cycle

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