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Water Cycle Dance
Purpose of Activity: The students will use a variety of skills with ribbon sticks to create a unique dance relating five parts of the water cycle
Prerequisites: Knowledge of the water cycle from the classroom
Levels; together/apart; Left/right
Skills with ribbon sticks such as zig zags, circles, stir the pot, helicopter, snakes, zingers, floor snakes, propeller.
Suggested Grade Level: 3rd-5th
Materials needed: Ribbon sticks, picture or diagram of the water cycle illustrating EVAPORATION, CONDENSATION, PRECIPITATION, RUN-OFF, COLLECTION, poster of descriptions of the ribbon wand skills required for each part of the water cycle, and music resembling the water cycle (I used music from Garage Band on imac)
Physical Activity: Dance with the ribbon sticks
Resource: http://pecentral.org/lessonideas/ViewLesson.asp?ID=10119#.VG1c4fnF9qU
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Purpose of Activity: The students will use a variety of skills with ribbon sticks to create a unique dance relating five parts of the water cycle
Prerequisites: Knowledge of the water cycle from the classroom
Levels; together/apart; Left/right
Skills with ribbon sticks such as zig zags, circles, stir the pot, helicopter, snakes, zingers, floor snakes, propeller.
Suggested Grade Level: 3rd-5th
Materials needed: Ribbon sticks, picture or diagram of the water cycle illustrating EVAPORATION, CONDENSATION, PRECIPITATION, RUN-OFF, COLLECTION, poster of descriptions of the ribbon wand skills required for each part of the water cycle, and music resembling the water cycle (I used music from Garage Band on imac)
Physical Activity: Dance with the ribbon sticks
Resource: http://pecentral.org/lessonideas/ViewLesson.asp?ID=10119#.VG1c4fnF9qU
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