Curated OER
Weather Dude: The Water Cycle
Informational weather site highlights The Water Cycle. Discover how it works and learn more about evaporation and condensation.
NASA
Nasa: Earth Science Games
Have fun while exploring earth science. NASA offers seven games online games: Droplet and the Water Cycle, What on Earth?, Word Puzzles, Drag 'n Drop Puzzles, Pangaea Map Game, Tectonics Quiz, and Color Me!
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Fog Chamber
Create a fog chamber by rapidly expanding air in a jar in this activity. This activity uses a match in a jar to bunch water into tiny droplets.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lab 2: What's a Watershed?
Students build a physical model to simulate watershed features, then use Google Earth software to tie the model to a real place. By exploring several layers of map-based images and data, students learn the complexity of a watershed and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Landscape Evolution
In this amazing online tutorial you will learn about how water, mass wasting, weathering, and erosion have help shape the landforms on Earth. The lesson includes many helpful interactive materials to prepare help you understand landscape...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Atlantic Ocean: What Is the Water Cycle?
Explains the three states of water, how the water cycle works, and the role of temperature. Includes a fun fact quiz.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: States of Water
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the three states of matter of water.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: States of Water
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the three states of water.
Other
Easy Science Experiments: Clouds in a Bottle
How does a cloud form? This resource demonstrates how to create a cloud in a bottle. This makes a great experiment for a science fair project.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Sea and Ice Salinity
Learners investigate the effects of salinity on the formation of sea ice, and whether salt water freezes more quickly or more slowly than fresh water.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Water in Our World
Discover the processes of the water cycle and learn about its effect on weather and climate.
Other
Niwa: Common Hydrological Terms
A glossary of terms that describe the processes that occur in hydrology. Glossary explains evaporation, precipitation, soil moisture, groundwater, and stream flow.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Earth Science: Water Cycle Bingo
Test your understanding of terms associated with the water cycle in this bingo- style game.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Moebius Strips
In this activity, students make Moebius strips and use them to demonstrate the interconnectedness of an environment. They will explore the natural cycles (water, oxygen/carbon dioxide, carbon, nitrogen) within the environment.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: On the Move
Looking at models and maps, students explore different pathways and consequences of pollutant transport via the weather and water cycles. In an associated literacy activity, students develop skills of observation, recording and reporting...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Raging Rivers
The lesson plan introduces young scholars to the steps of the water cycle and rivers. They think about the effects of communities, sidewalks and roads on the natural flow of rainwater. Students also learn about the role of engineering in...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Water Cycle
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the water cycle.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Coastal Pollution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How pollution creates dead zones in the ocean.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Coastal Pollution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How pollution creates dead zones in the ocean.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Importance of the Oceans
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the oceans sustain life, are part of the water cycle and moderate climate.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Where Do Rainy Days Come From?
Find out more about rainy days when you check out this resource, which features hands-on interactive activities, experiments, fun facts, and more.
NASA
Sci Jinks: What Makes It Rain?
or snow or sleet? Check out this concise explanation and illustration of the water cycle.
Read Works
Read Works: A Drop's Journey
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about water and the water cycle. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.