Water Wonders
Project Learning Tree’s activity “Water Wonders” is a fun way for students to learn about the water cycle. To make this activity more Iowa related, use the information and worksheets from the Iowa Supplement to Project Learning Tree to direct students through the water cycle. Enrich this activity by involving students in monitoring or improving a local body of water. Visit the Iowa DNR website for a listing of programs and resources on action involvement programs.
Book List
Grades PreK-2
Branley, F.M. 1997. Down Comes the Rain. HarperCollins Children's Books.
Brimner, L.D. 1999. Raindrops. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Curry, D.L. 1999. The Water Cycle. Capstone Press.
Fowler, A. 1993. It Could Still Be Water. Children's Press.
Fraiser, D. 2004. The Incredible Water Show. Harcourt.
Godwin, S. 2004. The Drop Goes Plop: A First Look at the Water Cycle. Picture Window Books.
Greenaway, T. 2000. Water Cycle. Raintree Publishers.
Hooper, M. The Drop in My Drink: The Story of Water on Our Planet. Viking Press.
Jango-Cohen, J. 2005. Why Does It Rain? Lerner Publishing Group.
Kalman, B. 2006. Water Cycle. Crabtree Publishing Company.
Locker, T. 2002. Water Dance. Harcourt Children's Books.
Morrison, G. 2006. A Drop of Water. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Nelson, R. 2003. Freezing and Melting. Lerner Publications.
Nelson, R. 2002. The Water Cycle. Lerner Publishing Group.
Olien, R. 1999. Splish Splash Science, Grades 1-3: Learning about Water with Easy Fun-Filled Activities. Scholastic, Inc.
Rauzon, M.J. 1995. Water, Water Everywhere. Sierra Club Books for Children.
Relf, P. 1996. The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About The Water Cycle. Scholastic Paperbacks.
Ross, M.E. 2003. Re-Cycles. Millbrook Press.
Rosinsky, N.M. 2002. Water: Up, Down, and All Around. Capstone Press.
Seuling, B. 2000. Drip! Drop!: How Water Gets to Your Tap. Holiday House, Inc.
Schmid, E. 1994. The Water's Journey. North-South.
Seuling, B. 2000. Drip! Drop!: How Water Gets to Your Tap. Holiday House, Inc.
Smith, D. 1993. The Water Cycle. Thomson Learning.
Waldman, N. 2003. The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story. Millbrook Press.
Wells, R.E. 2006. Did a Dinosaur Drink This Water? Albert Whitman & Company.
Grades 3-5
Berger, M. 1995. Water, Water Everywhere. Ideals Publications.
Brandt, K. 1996. What Makes It Rain? : The Story of a Raindrop. Troll Communications.
Ditchfield, C. 2001. Water. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Dorros, A. 2000. Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean. HarperCollins.
Flanagan, A.K. 2000. Water. Capstone Press.
Goodrich, R.S. 2004. Hydro's Adventure Through the Water Cycle. Geoquest Pubns.
Hiscock, B. 1997. Big Rivers: The Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Ohio. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Hughes, M. 2004. Water Cycle. Heinemann Library.
Littlefield, C. 2004. Awesome Ocean Science: Investigating the Secrets of the Underwater World. Williamson Books.
Mckinney, B.S. 1998. A Drop around the World. Dawn Publications.
Moor, J.E. 1998. Water. Evan-Moor Educational Publishers.
Olien, R. 2006. The Water Cycle. Capstone Press.
Trueit, T.S. 2002. The Water Cycle. Franklin Watts.
Smith, D. 1993. The Water Cycle. Thomson Learning.
Walker, S.M. 1992. Water Up, Water Down: The Hydrologic Cycle. Carolrhoda Books.
Wick, W. 1997. Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder. Scholastic, Inc.
Grades 6-8
Royston, A. 2006. The Life And Times of a Drop of Water: The Water Cycle. Raintree.
