An
Inquiry-Based
Instruction
in Grade 8
Biology
❑Explain the processes involved in
the water cycle.
❑Perform an experiment to
observe the processes of the
water cycle.
❑Relate the concept of water
cycle in daily life situations.
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Why does it rain,
where does the water
come from?
GUESS WET?
4 Pics 1 Word:
Analyze the pictures, and guess the
word it shows by filling in the word
boxes with the corresponding letters.
30 seconds per pictures
A GLOOMY SKY
Read and analyze the
short poem below
then answer the
questions provided.
In June, came a gloomy morning in a Saturday.
Niko woke up and was excited to play,
But he saw the clouds were dark and gray.
He became sad as the sky begins to cry,
water poured from the clouds up high.
And curious Niko asked why…
In June, came a gloomy morning in a Saturday.
Niko woke up and was excited to play,
But he saw the clouds were dark and gray.
He became sad as the sky begins to cry,
water poured from the clouds up high.
And curious Niko asked why…
1. What did Niko saw outside?
In June, came a gloomy morning in a Saturday.
Niko woke up and was excited to play,
But he saw the clouds were dark and gray.
He became sad as the sky begins to cry,
water poured from the clouds up high.
And curious Niko asked why…
2. What does these clouds signify?
In June, came a gloomy morning in a Saturday.
Niko woke up and was excited to play,
But he saw the clouds were dark and gray.
He became sad as the sky begins to cry,
water poured from the clouds up high.
And curious Niko asked why…
3. What does the line “the sky
begins to cry” mean?
In June, came a gloomy morning in a Saturday.
Niko woke up and was excited to play,
But he saw the clouds were dark and gray.
He became sad as the sky begins to cry,
water poured from the clouds up high.
And curious Niko asked why…
4. Are you aware where the rain
comes from?
In June, came a gloomy morning in a Saturday.
Niko woke up and was excited to play,
But he saw the clouds were dark and gray.
He became sad as the sky begins to cry,
water poured from the clouds up high.
And curious Niko asked why…
5. Where do the waters in
the cloud come from?
A WATERY ROUND
Objective:
Investigate how water is
cycled, specifically through
the process of evaporation,
condensation, and
precipitation.
SCIENCE CONCEPTS
1. The Water Cycle – also known as the hydrologic cycle or the
hydrological cycle, it describes the continuous movement of water
through the atmosphere, the land, and bodies of water.
2. Evaporation – The sun is the ultimate source of energy in the form of
heat/warmth, when that heat energy hits oceans, lakes, streams,
icebergs and even in soil and rocks, water will evaporate and turn into
gas known as water vapor that will rise into the atmosphere.
3. Condensation – water vapor that is collected in the atmosphere will
cool down because of cooler temperatures in the higher atmosphere to
condense to create tiny water droplets and form clouds.
4. Precipitation – the water droplets in the clouds become too heavy
and the clouds may not hold it, it turns back the water vapor into liquid
that will fall down as rain. Precipitation is simply rainfall.
Materials:
Experiment 1: Experiment 2: Experiment 3:
✓ Electric ✓ Beaker ✓ Cotton
Kettle ✓ Plastic Wrap ✓ Plastic Cup
✓ Water ✓ Ice ✓ Jar
✓ Hot Water ✓ Water in a
bottle
Safety Precautions:
✓ BE CAREFUL when handling the hot water.
DO NOT PLAY with the hot water, avoid
dipping your fingers in the container.
✓ If possible, ONLY ONE member should
handle the water.
✓ ASK YOUR TEACHER if you need some help
handling the hot water.
✓ BE CAREFUL in handing glass materials and
any sharp materials.
Experiment 1: Evaporation
Materials:
• Electric Kettle and Water
Procedure:
1. Heat water in an electric kettle. (For
safety precautions, the teacher will
be the one doing this part and
students will just observe).
2. Observe what happens to the
water when it is heated.
Experiment 2: Condensation
Materials:
• Hot Water
• Clear Drinking Glass or Beaker
• Plastic Wrap
• Ice
Experiment 2: Condensation
Procedure:
1. Pour some hot water in a glass or a
bowl. (For safety purposes, the
teacher will be the one doing this)
2. Cover the cup or bowl with the
plastic wrap.
3. Put Ice on top of the plastic wrap
making sure it won’t fall inside.
4. Observe what happens on the
surrounding of the glass.
Experiment 3: Precipitation
Materials:
• Clear Glass or Jar
• Cottons (Clouds)
• Water (Water Vapor/Droplets)
• Plastic cups with holes
Experiment 3: Precipitation
Procedure:
1. Put some cotton balls (clouds) in the
plastic cup with holes.
2. Place the plastic cup with cotton
balls on the opening of the beaker or
jar.
3. Using a water bottle, gradually put
some water (water droplets) in the
cotton (clouds)
4. Observe what happens to the cotton
and to the water.
Experiment 1: Evaporation
Guide Questions Observations
1. What happened to the
water during the heating
process?
2. Where does the steam
come from?
3. What does this
“steam(gas)” represent?
Experiment 1: Evaporation
Guide Questions Observations
1. What happened to the The water became hot and it
water during the heating boiled, producing steam.
process?
It came from the water when it
2. Where does the steam
started boiling or became hot.
come from?
It created steam, which is the gas
3. What does this state of water also known as water
“steam(gas)” represent? vapor.
Experiment 2: Condensation
Guide Questions Observations
1. What was formed on the
surrounding of the
cup/bowls?
2. Where does these water
droplets come from?
3. What does these water
droplets represent?
Experiment 2: Condensation
Guide Questions Observations
1. What was formed on the The steam is trapped inside with the
surrounding of the plastic cover became foggy
cup/bowls? forming water droplets.
It came from the steam when it
2. Where does these water
touches the ice (cold temperature).
droplets come from?
The steam forms water droplets that
3. What does these water represent condensed/cooled vapor
droplets represent? which will form as clouds.
Experiment 3: Precipitation
Guide Questions Observations
1. What happened when
you pour too much water to
the cotton (clouds)?
2. What does the falling
water represent?
3. Where does the falling
water come from?
Experiment 3: Precipitation
Guide Questions Observations
1. What happened when The cotton (cloud) will soak up the
you pour too much water water, once there’s too much water
to the cotton (clouds)? it will fall down.
2. What does the falling The water falling down from the
water represent? cotton represents rain.
The water came from the clouds
3. Where does the falling (cotton) but the water from the
water come from? clouds came from the condensation
of the evaporated surface water.
LET’S CYCLE UP!
Based on your answers in the
explore card, complete the
illustration by putting the process
involved in the water cycle:
Evaporation, Condensation,
Precipitation. Then answer the
guide questions provided.
1. What are the three
major processes
involved in the water
cycle?
1. What are the three major
processes involved in the
water cycle?
a. Evaporation
b. Condensation
c. Precipitation
2. During Evaporation,
where does the energy
come from to turn the
water to water vapor?
2. During Evaporation, where does
the energy come from to turn the
water to water vapor?
✓ The heat energy comes from
the sun.
EVAPORATION
It is the physical change of water from
liquid phase into gaseous phase known as
water vapor that rises into the atmosphere
through the warmth and energy of the sun.
Liquid (Water) → ____ (Water Vapor)
EVAPORATION
It is the physical change of water from
liquid phase into gaseous phase known as
water vapor that rises into the atmosphere
through the warmth and energy of the sun.
Liquid (Water) → Gas (Water Vapor)
Evaporation occurs in oceans, river,
lakes, stream, and even in soil and rocks.
3. In the Condensation
process, the water vapor
will be cooled to form water
droplets that will form into
_____.
3. In the Condensation process, the
water vapor will be cooled to form
water droplets that will form into ____.
✓ In Condensation, the water vapor
condenses turning it into water droplets
which will then form CLOUDS.
CONDENSATION
As water vapor rises, it comes contact with
cooler temperatures in the atmosphere, that causes
the vapor to lose its heat and turn back into liquid
water or water droplets (Condensate). In colder
temperatures, it turns into ice/ice crystals.
Gas (Water Vapor) → ______ (Water Droplets)
CONDENSATION
As water vapor rises, it comes contact with
cooler temperatures in the atmosphere, that causes
the vapor to lose its heat and turn back into liquid
water or water droplets (Condensate). In colder
temperatures, it turns into ice/ice crystals.
Gas (Water Vapor) → Liquid (Water Droplets)
CONDENSATION
Water Vapor condensate with the help
of tiny particles in the air, such as dust, salt
crystals or even ash from volcanoes.
Eventually, these water droplets will be
accumulated and form CLOUDS.
4. In the Precipitation
process, what will happen
when there is too much
water droplets in the cloud?
4. In the Precipitation process, what
will happen when there is too much
water droplets in the cloud?
✓When there is too much water
droplets it will fall down.
PRECIPITATION
Water or liquid that was formed in the
atmosphere falls back to the earth because
of gravity. Precipitation is simply rain, but
can also be snow, hail, or sleet.
Liquid (Water Droplets) falls down from
clouds = RAIN
After it rained, where do
you think the water will go
to?
After it rained, where do you think
the water will go to?
It will either go back to the
ocean, river etc., or be absorbed
by the ground and even by trees.
INFILTRATION (SURFACE) RUNOFF
This is when water If the ground can no
from rain seeps through longer infiltrate or
pores on the soil, be absorbed water, it will
absorbed and move or “runoff” across
become groundwater. the land until it goes back
to water body, be part of
the ocean, lake, river etc.
TRANSPIRATION
Water can be absorbed by the roots of the
plants that will move through the different parts of a
plant, like its leaves (for photosynthesis) with the
help of energy from the sun.
Evaporation can occur within plants, when
excess water will escape through the stoma or the
tiny openings/holes of the leaves, as water vapor.
Primary Inquiry Question
Why does it rain, where
does the water come
from?
Based on the process of
water cycle, it rains because the
clouds already stored a lot of
water droplets, which will fall (as
rain) if it cannot hold it anymore.
Additionally, water from rain comes
from clouds, but the water in the clouds
came from the ocean or other water bodies
that undergoes evaporation forming water
vapor, then will condense and form clouds.
Water from rain will be absorbed by
the ground or runoff to the surface until it
reaches a water body, hence, going back
to the water bodies that will undergo the
same process over again.
The water
cycle
HAS NO
BEGINNING
and
HAS NO
END.
Conclusion
Conclusion:
The water cycle is the
continuous movement of water
wherein it undergoes processes
such as evaporation, condensation,
and precipitation, additionally it will
also go through infiltration, runoff
and transpiration.
A WATERY QUERY
Niko didn’t got to play
outside because of the
rain, he felt bored. Let’s
entertain him by
answering his questions,
shall we?
Read and analyze the
situation below and
answer the questions
that follows.
Niko is thinking about the ice…
“If in the process of
condensation, water vapor will
condense and turn into water
droplets because of cold
temperatures. If the temperature
is colder, can it turn into ice?”
Yes, Niko! water droplets
may condense more and
eventually can become ice.
1. If the ice from the
clouds will fall
down through
precipitation, what
will it be called?
1. If the ice from the clouds
will fall down through
precipitation, what will it
be called?
✓Snow
2. What do you
think is
responsible to
the creation of
snow?
2. What do you think is
responsible to the
creation of snow?
✓ Snow is created from
water droplets because
of the cold temperatures.
The cooler it is, the more
possible for water/vapor
to turn into ice.
3. Why do you
think the
Philippines
doesn’t
experience
snow?
3. Why do you think the
Philippines doesn’t
experience snow?
✓ This is because the
weather conditions in the
Philippines is too hot
wherein it cannot support
the formation of snow.
Niko thought about crop yields.
“Rain water when
dropped in land, some will runoff
back to the water bodies
(ocean, river, lakes etc.) and
some will be absorbed in the
ground. Most farmers enjoy the
rainy seasons, especially when
it’s time for rice crop season.”
1. Why are farmers
happy during the
rainy season?
1. Why are farmers happy
during the rainy season?
✓ Because their crops will
have enough water to
grow and they will not
rely on irrigations and
other water supplies.
2. Why are rice
crops planted
during the rainy
seasons?
2. Why are rice crops
planted during the rainy
seasons?
✓ Rice crops are semi-
aquatic plants meaning
they need or they live
with more water
compared to other
plant crops.
3. What will
happen to the
farmer’s rice
crops if the
water cycle
stops?
3. What will happen to the
farmer’s rice crops if the
water cycle stops?
✓ There will be no rain,
hence, the rice crops
will be dependent on
other water supplies, but
if there no other water
supplies, they will die.
TEST THE WATERS
Complete the diagram by
labelling the processes and
variables involved in water
cycle. Choose your answer
from the words seen under
the illustration.
7. Clouds
1. SUN
6. Water droplets
5. Condensation
8. Precipitation 2. Heat
4. Water Vapor
9. Rain
3. Evaporation
10. Ocean
WATER YOU UP TO?
Assignment: Alternative Assignment:
For those who don’t’ have access
Create an INFOGRAPHIC for the to digital devices.
WATER CYCLE containing its Draw a MINI POSTER of the water
processes. cycle including the process.
✓ Make sure to include some ✓ Make sure to include some
information that we’ve information that we’ve discussed
already.
discussed already.
✓ Put labels and Visual Aids (Arrows)
✓ Make use of any available on each of the processes.
applications/editing software ✓ You can use any art materials
like CANVA, PICSART, etc. (Color pencil, Colored Pens, Paint,
Water Color etc. on any based
material of your choice e.g. Bond
Paper, Oslo Paper etc.)
Assignment: Alternative Assignment:
For those who don’t’ have access
Create an INFOGRAPHIC for the to digital devices.
WATER CYCLE containing its Draw a MINI POSTER of the water
processes. cycle including the process.
