Where is the Water? Series
A series of images dedicated to how water circulates on a variety of local landscapes.
Why did we make these images?
Water cycle images often show water movement on a generic coastal landscape with large portions dedicated to standing water or the ocean. We chose to emphasize water movement in six unique environments where humans frequent.
How are these images different?
These images highlight where water is and how it moves across a very local landscapes. It includes a human perspective for each of our images, looking up and out rather than down. They also include less visible sources of water movement such as virtual water (e.g. water needed to generate steam to create electricity), groundwater, and water in the atmosphere.
How do we recommend you use them?
The images are designed to have students explore a familiar local scene and first identify where they see water. They can also insert their own arrows showing how they think it can move. They can then use the additional images to check their work and explore additional items they might not have thought of. We also created a classroom dice activity where students can practice moving around between pools in the water cycle.
Where is the Water? Series by Brigham Young University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at watercycle.byu.edu.
These original images (except for the Suburban landscape) were created by Simona Ershova Love, illustration student. To see more of her work, visit her Instagram page @simaart_art. The Suburban scene was created by Manon Hale, BFA and Anna Wright, BFA. To see more of their work visit their Instagram pages @middlemanon and @frizz_biz.
We want your feedback!
If you have questions, comments, or suggestions about the website or resources, please direct them to sophie_hill@byu.edu.