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Water cycle and earth systems

Treat the water cycle as a process diagram — the standard for earth-science literacy.

This path connects school knowledge to real-world skill with honest, practice-first steps.

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This path connects school knowledge to real-world skill with honest, practice-first steps.

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  • Photosynthesis Flow

    Sunlight, water, and CO₂ become glucose and oxygen — the central energy story of life.

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  • Plant Transport System

    Xylem moves water up; phloem moves sugars — connect roots to leaves.

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  • Food Chain and Energy Flow

    Producers, consumers, decomposers — energy loss at each link.

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  • Cell Structure Basics

    Nucleus, membrane, cytoplasm, mitochondria — the unit map behind all living diagrams.

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  • Water Cycle Flow

    Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection — weather you can draw and explain.

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  • Rock Cycle Flow

    Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic — rocks transform with heat, pressure, and time.

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  • Weather and Cloud Formation

    Warm air rises, cools, condenses — link to daily forecasts and climate literacy.

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  • Solar System Basics

    Sun, planets, orbits — spatial diagram for scale intuition (not to scale sizes).

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  • Carbon Dioxide CO₂

    Linear O=C=O — greenhouse gas diagram tied to photosynthesis and combustion.

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  • Photosynthesis Equation

    Balanced classroom equation with diagram arrows for inputs and outputs.

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  • Combustion Reaction

    Fuel + oxygen → CO₂ + water + energy — opposite story to photosynthesis.

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  • Agriculture Irrigation Flow

    Source → pump → drip/sprinkler → roots — water efficiency on farms.

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Concept sequence

  1. Water cycle
  2. Photosynthesis flow
  3. Agriculture irrigation system

Milestones

  • Reservoir clarity

    Name where water waits vs moves quickly.

  • Human overlay

    Add one credible human impact without clutter.

Practice projects

  • City vs forest cycle comparison
  • Drought scenario one-pager

Mini challenges

  • Where is energy driving a phase change?
  • What is your evidence for runoff vs infiltration?

Career connection

Hydrology, climate science, civil engineering, and disaster preparedness.

After this path

Agriculture irrigation basics · Forces and motion

Teacher: Earth science storyline with systems thinking rubric.

Parent: Rainy-day window observations pair well with redraw-from-memory.

Final mastery challenge

Redraw the cycle from blank paper in under five minutes with all stages labeled.

Badge: STEM Foundations · Earth Systems Sketcher