Observe a raindrop traveling through various paths of the water cycle

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In this interactive science resource, students can move a raindrop through different parts of the water cycle. The drop begins in a cloud, and by clicking on an arrow, students can select where the drop will fall as precipitation. They can then, as the instructions indicate, continue to transfer the drop through different paths in the cycle. Clickable arrows signify processes that can transport the drop. When students place their cursor over each arrow, two text boxes appear--one contains the name of the process and another supplies a short definition of it. Precipitation, transpiration, infiltration, runoff, and melting are among the processes represented. Copyright 2005 Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

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Subject keyword(s)	Cycles, Earth and space science, Geoscience, representation, Water cycle, Water Cycle
Grade level	Middle School, High School, Informal Education
Intended audience	Learner
Resource type	Audio/Visual, Instructional Material
Resource format	text, text/html
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Visualization ES0105  Observe a raindrop traveling through various paths of the water cycle. Water is constantly moving from one place to another. The processes that move water are all part of the water cycle. In this visualization, the blue raindrop shows where water is. The red arrows show the processes that could move it to another place.   !   Place your cursor over the red arrows to see the possible paths a drop of water could follow. Click one of the processes to move the raindrop to a new location. Move your cursor over the red arrows and choose another process to move the raindrop again. Keep moving the raindrop through several paths of the water cycle. Modified from Matthew Pippen