Time:         twenty minute

Lead-in:   Ask students to describe ways that some parts of nature, such as rocks, plants, animals, water and air, go through the cycles.

Procedures:       Gather the students bin a circle and explain that they will be creating a drawing together. (Make sure they all have paper, pencil and a drawing surface)

                   Explain that they are going to draw a story as papers are passed around the circle. The picture should somehow reflect a cycle within nature. Each student has a minute to begin their drawing.

When everyone is ready, begin passing the papers around the circle. Give them a minute to add the drawing the have received. Each drawing should rotate around the circle until it returns to where it started.

Wrap-up:          When drawings are finished, ask each student to explain how his or her cycle drawing began and how it changed.