Water Cycle

Art Form: Dance

Subject: Science

Grade Level: 4th Grade

Specialist: Ashley Boyack

Students will explore the water cycle through a movement exploration

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Resources

  • Drum
  • Music: Cusco Montezuma track 7
  • Pictures of Evaporation
  • Pictures of Condensation
  • Pictures of Cirrus clouds
  • Pictures of Stratus clouds
  • Pictures of Cumulonimbus clouds
  • Pictures of Precipitation
  • Pictures of Rain
  • Pictures of Snow
  • Pictures of Sleet
  • Pictures of Hale
  • Pictures of Accumulation

Fine Art Standards

  • Students will explore sequencing, creative problem solving, and patterning.
  • Students will be engaged in co-creating in the choreographic process.
  • They will use space and energy in the creative process.

Integrated Standards

Describe the processes of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation as they relate to the water cycle.

Objectives

Students will learn about the Water Cycle as we create shapes, pathways and move with varying different speed and energy. They will also explore cirrus clouds, stratus clouds and Cumulonimbus clouds.