The Lost Lake 544e15
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What Is This Video testing? 1l4g1u
Head to the Australian Outback on a mission from Plum! Cooper, Clementine and Brad as they trek and tumble over rocks and dunes in search of a mysterious, missing lake. (A lake in a desert? It's not as impossible as it sounds!)
Conversation Starters 6v704r
Ask: 4t2x5e
- Where were the Earthlings in the video? What other deserts do you know?
- What makes a desert a desert? How is it the same or different from where we live? Very low rainfall and high rates of evaporation
- Did the water in the lake they found really disappear? What happened to the water in it? The water didn't disappear; it evaporated.
- What is evaporation? Evaporation is when water changes from a liquid to a gas called water vapor. This happens when molecules, or microscopic particles of water, separate from one another.
- So where is the water that evaporated? In the air. Eventually those water molecules form larger droplets that fall to the Earth as rain or snow.
Explore Some More 736219
Where the Water Goes 1t1r50
Visit a local river, lake, or stream at different times of the year, after a heavy rainfall, or when the snow starts to melt in the spring. How does it change over time? Make notes or sketches in your field notebook.
Curriculum Topic 5k6r2y
evaporation, water cycle
Activity Type 6o2z9
indoor and outdoor
Standards 5c3j3b
Next Generation Science Standards 58734c
Disciplinary Core Ideas 1y4h4j
- PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter
- ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth's Surface Processes
- ESS2.D: Weather and Climate
Science and Engineering Practices 6h6s9
- Asking Questions and Defining Problems
- Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
- Constructing Explanations and Deg Solutions
- Engaging in Argument from Evidence