The Mill River Water Unit
Lee B. Hotchkiss and Beverly Stern
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Activities for the Hydrologic Cycle
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1. Show the possible effects of radiation on the water cycle. (Activity Sheet is included in Unit’s Teaching Packet).
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2. Make a diagram or describe how you fit into the water cycle.
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3. Examine further and take a field trip to the filtering plant off Whitney Avenue. (See figure 2)
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a. Have students describe what they have seen.
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4. How much does your family pay for water and how often?
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5. Make up an experiment to show the effects of “acid rain” or make a diagram or painting to explain acid rain to others. “One picture is worth a thousand words.”
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6. A field trip to the sewage disposal plant might be valuable.
The Hydrologic Cycle
(figure available in print form)