THE THINKING SPARK Imagine a world where water can only stay as ice. How would the Earth survive? This paradox forces students to value the movement of water before the lesson begins. DIVERGENT CHALLENGE ACTIVITY 1 Use SCAMPER to substitute water with liquid gold. How does the cycle change? ACTIVITY 2 Combine the water cycle with a transport system. Can we send messages inside raindrops? ACTIVITY 3 Reverse the cycle. What if clouds lived in the ocean and rain fell upwards? CROSS DISCIPLINARY LINK Link the cycle to Logistics and Supply Chain Management. How do cities ship water to their citizens just like Amazon ships packages? METACOGNITIVE REFLECTION 1 Which part of the cycle was hardest to rethink? 2 How did changing the substance change your view of nature? 3 What was your most outside the box idea? 4 How can you use this cycle to solve a drought?