Water cycle project

• Gather your students somewhere where they can all see you. • Tell your students that you are sad because a glass of water fell on your favorite shirt. • Pull the wet shirt out of your bag and show it to them. • Pretend to be upset about the shirt being ruined. • Tell your students that you will have to throw it away. • Give your students time to object, hopefully someone will suggest that the shirt will dry. • Ask your students what it means for something to dry. • Ask your students where the water goes when something is drying. • Tell your students that they will be learning about where water goes in the water cycle.

Overview Earth is a planet full of water. 70% of its surface is covered with water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and more. Water on our planet can also be found in the atmosphere and underground. In this lesson, students will explore how water is continually cycled among land, the oceans, and the atmosphere. As students build a physical model of the water cycle, they will be able to simulate and observe evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and other water cycle processes in real-time. Remote learning: This lesson plan can be adapted to work remotely. The Engage section of the lesson can be done over a video call. Students will need to do their water cycle model experiment individually and independently during the Explore section using the Student Worksheet as a guide and can then share their observations with each other, virtually. A set of materials can be prepared in advance or students can use materials found around the house. End the lesson with a discussion over a video call during the Reflect section. Learning Objectives • Explain how water is cycled among land, the ocean, and the atmosphere. • Describe at least five processes within the water cycle. • Understand how the Sun and gravity drive the water cycle. NGSS Alignment This lesson helps students prepare for these • MS-ESS2-4. Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity. This lesson focuses on these aspects of NGSS Three Dimensio...

Did you know that the water on the earth has been here for a LONG time and it just keeps getting recycled?? It’s true. We have two simple water cycle activities to help you teach about water cycle for kids. These science projects help you teach your littles all about the water cycle on the earth. Start with the water cycle experiment which provides a great way to see how water turns to gas and back into a liquid again. Then try our water cycle craft to help kids to reinforce the water life cycle. These are both fun ways to learn about the water cycle for kindergarten, pre-k, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade science. Water Cycle Activities for Kids If you are teaching kids about the water cycle, you will want to see these fun water cycle activities. These are great additions to add to your water cycle lesson plan with preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, and grade students. Whether you want an easy water cycle craft for kids or a simple water cycle science experiment– you will love these ideas to make science fun for kids! Parents, teacher, and homeschoolers will love using these ideas at home, in the classroom, or as a supplement to their homeschool science curriclum. Water cycle project for kids The first simple activity is a Water Cycle In A Bottle. It’s a super simple way to show children how the water cycle works also while recycling a plastic bottle. Children will be ecstatic to watch water turn to gas, turn back into a liquid, and circle back around t...

Pour yourself a glass of water and take a sip. Did you know that the water you’ve just swallowed is the same water that wooly mammoths, King Tutankhamun and the first humans drank? That’s because Earth has been recycling water for over 4 billion years! The world’s water moves between lakes, rivers, oceans, the atmosphere and the land in an ongoing cycle called – you guessed it! – the water cycle. As it goes through this continuous system, it can be a liquid (water), a gas (vapour) or a solid (ice). So, are all you budding young geographers ready to learn some splashing new facts? Then join NG KiDS as we take a look at the different stages of the wonderful water cycle… Evaporation Energy from the sun heats up the surface of the Earth, causing the temperature of the water in our rivers, lakes and oceans to rise. When this happens, some of the water “evaporates” into the air, turning into a gas called “ vapour“. Plants and trees also lose water to the atmosphere through their leaves. This process is known as “ transpiration“. Condensation As water vapour rises up high into the sky, it cools and turns back into a liquid, forming clouds. This process is called “ condensation“. Currents high up in the air move these clouds around the globe. The water cycle is also known as the “ hydrologic cycle“. Precipitation When too much water has condensed, the water droplets in the clouds become too big and heavy for the air to hold them. And so they fall back down to Earth as rain, snow, ...

Introduction Have you ever wondered where the rain that falls from the sky comes from? You might say the rain falls from the clouds, but what are clouds and where do they come from? All these questions and many more can be answered by looking into how water moves on land and in the atmosphere, which is described in the water cycle. In this activity, you will investigate some of the processes that make water move in and out of the atmosphere by making a miniature water cycle model inside a plastic bag. Drain the water from the bags into the sink. You can dispose of the rock and sand in the trash or return them to nature. What Happened? For this activity, you basically built a little water cycle model inside a plastic bag. The water that you added to the bag represented the water bodies we have on our planet, such as the ocean, lakes, or rivers. The sand represented the soil or land around these water bodies, and the rock represented a mountain. In the bag that you taped to the sunny window, you should have observed that over time, tiny water droplets formed on the sides inside the plastic bag. If you waited long enough, these droplets should have become bigger and bigger until they ran down the sides to the bottom of the plastic bag. What you saw happening inside the bag was a combination of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, which are all processes that happen in the water cycle. As the sun heats up the water inside the bag, the water evaporates, which means it ...