Drop Goes Plop : First Look at the Water Cycle

by Sam Godwin

A baby seagull and its mother follow the epic journey of a drop of water from cloud to rain, river, bath, sewer, sea and back to cloud. Beautifully illustrated it makes a simple and enchanting introduction to one of the basic cycles in nature.

Genres: Science

Paperback

First published June 30, 1998

About the author

Sam Godwin is a pseudonym of Saviour Pirotta.

Reviews

[Lde212_06 · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Drop Goes Plop: A First Look At The Water Cycle
Sam Godwin
Grade: 1 & 4
Content:
> Describes the water cycle and the uses the water can have as it cycles through this process


In 1st grade children are introduced to the water cycle as they observe the changes in water as it relates to weather. This book discusses the water cycle and how water travels and changes in different forms. Teachers can read this book to students in their classroom, to began to establish a foundation or engage the students in the water cycle. In 4th grade students are learning about the different states of matter of water and how it relates to the water cycle and weather. Therefore, a teacher can use this book as a refresher for students about the water cycle and they can elaborate on water they learned by tying in how the state of matter effect weather.

[Tonya Morrison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Text to teach
Objective: Basic Understanding of the water cycle.
During science, I will read Drop Goes Plop by Sam Godwin to the students and allow the students to study the illustrations and talk about each stage of the water cycle. The class activity will encourage the students to play weatherman, explaining the water cycle to each other. In the art class, have the students color the printed water cycle coloring page and arrange in the correct order and display their work on the bulletin board.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy explanation of the water cycle for pre-k, kindy.

[Karla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this

Very appropriate for young children

Illustrations over photos but colorful water colors with engaging varied text wrapping up and down

Numbered pages too

A

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simple-enough-for-preschoolers depiction of the water cycle.

[Ina · Rating 4 out of 5]

The text bobs and weaves through lovely water color illustrations to describe the water cycle. Two birds carry on a conversation about the water cycle to provide a running commentary on what happens to a drop of water, which falls from a cloud. The birds' speech bubbles sometimes interrupted the flow of the main story, but my young audience didn't seem to mind. Also contains a glossary and an index.

[Melanie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not my favorite book to describe the water cycle. For the target age group I did not think the illustrations flowed well. The text was all over the page and the text bubbles interrupted the flow of the story and seemed distracting. It is conversational though and the bird characters are cute.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

easy nonfiction science book about the water cycle. Pastel watercolor illustrations.

[Debra]

K - 2

Water Cycle

[Kelly Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a cute book for pre-k and kindergarten. It is an excellent book to read during the topic about rain / water cycle. This book is creative and simple to understand.

[Jalaysia]

its fun

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A story about a mama and baby seagull as they follow one water drop through the water cycle. The story is easy to read and the illustrations are quite pretty.
There are key vocab words listed at the end as well as additional facts and resources for children and parents.
I will be taking a look at the other books in the series for my toddlers.