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Description
This highly entertaining music video, part of the Nye Tunes “Sound Track of Science”, features a rap song to effectively explain the water cycle, and includes descriptions of the key processes of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. The hip rapper also emphasizes the importance of keeping water clean.
General Assessment
Recommendation of how and where to use it
This clip could be used as an introduction to the water cycle, or as a summation video for a water systems unit in a science lesson. It could also be used as an exemplar when asking students to create a rap song on other science topics.
Relevant Curriculum Units
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- Step 1Select a province
- Alberta
- Manitoba
- Newfoundland & Labrador
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Step 2Select a grade level
- Grade 7
- Step 3Select a subject
- Geography
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Natural Resources around the World: Use and Sustainability
- Grade 8
- Step 3Select a subject
- Science & Technology
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Earth and Space Systems: Water Systems
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Step 2Select a grade level
- Grade 8
- Step 3Select a subject
- Science & Technology
- Step 4Relevant matches
- The Earth and Space
- Saskatchewan
Themes Addressed
Water (1)
- Water Cycle
