Monday, April 19th.

Today was used mainly to answer any questions to concepts that we have gone over in the last few weeks, a means of gearing up for the CRCT. Today some students observed the water cycle in action, on a much smaller scale of course. An observation tank was made to show the different parts of the hydrologic (water) cycle. A light bulb caused surface water in the tank to evaporate, where it condensed on plastic wrap on the top of the tank. When the condensation gathered up enough, it fell down to some sand in the middle of the tank (like rain, sleet, or snow would). A glass filled with ice was the second part of the condensation process, also forcing the water to fall from the top of the tank. Any students who did not have an opportunity to visit and observe the water cycle tank will do so tomorrow. This also takes us into the E-Day homework for the evening, in which students will define the words that happen in the motion of the water cycle. The words to be defined for homework are: Evaporation, Precipitation, Transpiration, Condensation, and Groundwater. Not only will students define these words, but place them in a water cycle table that they had pasted in their Earth journals.