Round and Round We Go

This playlist is designed to introduce the students to the different types of cycles of matter throughout the environment. It is intended for use after a unit on the properties of matter, elements, and basic chemistry, so that students will understand the physical and chemical changes that take place as matter is cycled throughout the environment.

Playlist Items

Title	Packages	Type	Duration	Producer
The Water Cycle: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation and Run-off		Video	5 min 48 sec
Comments: Use this clip to create a pictorial diagram of the water cycle. Be sure to include in your diagram the following vocabulary: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, transpiration, and surface run-off. Be sure to state where physical changes of matter are taking place and if the water molecules have gained energy or lost energy as a result of the physical change.
Bill Nye: The Rock Cycle		Video	6 min 11 sec
Comments: Focus on how the different types of rocks are formed. Write a story from the perspective of a rock in the rock cycle. Discuss what it feels like to go through each stage that turns it into a different rock. You may start out as any type, but make sure that you go through the complete cycle. Vocabulary such as melting, cooling, heat, pressure, metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary, deposition, weathering, and erosion need to be used in order to get the best possible results.
Plant & Animal Interdependency: Decomposers and the Nitrogen Cycle		Video	1 min 29 sec
Comments: Using the video, Defend the statement: Some bacteria are actually helpful to humans.
Plant & Animal Interdependency: Photosynthesis and Transpiration		Video	2 min 11 sec
Comments: Use the following video as background information for an experiment involving the photosynthesis of Elodea (a common water plant). The basic lab set up is to have a grow light, a beaker full of water, and a sprig of Elodea. Move the grow light close to and farther away from the Elodea plant and record how that effects how many bubbles are released from the plant. Diagram the processes happening in the lab and show where carbon dioxide and oxygen are exchanged.

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