Check a water-cycle drawing
Check a water-cycle drawing using supplied evidence and a solved model.
About 12 minutes, plus any extended practice
Supplied materials
- For younger learners, an adult may read each direction aloud; pointing, drawing and spoken explanations count as responses.
- Paper, drawing space or a browser document.
- Reference card A: an important water location is omitted. Reference card B: movement is shown without its label.
- Assessment case 1: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Groundwater not drawn at all.
- Assessment case 2: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Lake-to-air arrow has no process name.
- Assessment case 3: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Ice is labeled gas.
- Assessment case 4: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: River and runoff arrow are correctly labeled.
- Assessment case 5: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Rain arrow has no movement label.
- Assessment case 6: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Water vapor is labeled solid.
Learn the idea
A model should name its arrows and stores. It can omit details for clarity, but an omitted store still exists. No water disappears merely because it leaves one place.
Missing store means an important water location is omitted. Missing arrow means movement is shown without its label. Wrong state means solid liquid or gas is mislabeled. Clear model means shown stores and movements have matching labels.
For missing store, look for the clue “an important water location is omitted.” For missing arrow, look for “movement is shown without its label.” More than one process can happen in a real situation. Answer about the one described in this question.
- Read or listen to the four science words and what each means. Say how the first two differ.
- Choose two of the short cases. Point to the clue that helps you choose a science word for each one. You may draw or say your answer.
- Answer each practice question. Say which clue helped you, then check the explanation.
- Use the extra task to make two examples that show different science words. Draw or say what makes each one fit.
See the method in action
Worked reference-card problem: a card states “an important water location is omitted”; a second states “movement is shown without its label.” The first fits missing store and the second fits missing arrow. The reason is the described function or change, not the order of the cards or a favorite name. If their descriptions exchange places, their category labels exchange too. Keep the supplied descriptions attached to the correct case.
Check your reasoning
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Helpful tips
- Use the feature “an important water location is omitted” to justify missing store; do not sort by the name alone.
- Distinguish missing arrow (movement is shown without its label) from a different process occurring in the same situation.
See the answer and explanation
missing store
The answer is missing store. In the notes, it means “an important water location is omitted.” A model should name its arrows and stores. It can omit details for clarity, but an omitted store still exists. No water disappears merely because it leaves one place.
Take it further
Create one new case showing missing store and one showing missing arrow. Expected: the first explicitly shows “an important water location is omitted”; the second explicitly shows “movement is shown without its label.” Explain the distinction by drawing, speaking or writing. A label without a matching feature is incomplete.
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More practice: try new cases
Choose an answer for each problem. Explain your method on paper, then use the feedback to decide what to revisit.
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