VC2S4U07

water is an important Earth resource that originates from various sources; water cycles through the environment by moving through the sky, landscape and ocean, and involves processes including precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, condensation, melting, freezing, crystallisation, infiltration and run-off

• comparing the distribution of salt water and fresh water on Earth, and recognising that only 2.5% of Earth’s water is fresh water, with only a little more than 1.2% of this fresh water available for use as surface water
• recognising that the land, sea and water are central to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ culture and spirituality and that connection to water includes the responsibility to care for water on Country and Place, particularly in remote areas where water can be scarce
• identifying sources of fresh water (such as rivers, lagoons, lakes, wetlands, groundwater, groundwater currents, aquifers, icebergs, glaciers, ice caps and ice fields) and local water sources and exploring how they change over time, such as rain puddles that evaporate, a local creek that flows faster after rain and a river system that dries out after drought
• exploring a game or simulation of the water cycle, identifying key processes and discussing representations of the water cycle
• identifying everyday examples of precipitation (rain and snow), evaporation (drying of wet washing or paint) and condensation of water (water droplets forming on a cold water bottle)
• exploring where tap water comes from and predicting what happens to water that goes down a drain
• recognising that clouds are tiny water droplets suspended in air, observing a ‘cloud in a bottle’ demonstrated by a teacher and discussing what conditions are needed for clouds to form and for rain or snow to fall