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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Bermuda Triangle: What Is Condensation?

For Students 4th - 6th
Cindy is at the beach learning a lot about water. Join her to explore the water cycle.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Rio De Janeiro Carnival: What Is Boiling?

For Students 4th - 6th
Ready for the carnival? First, help Joao get ready for his test about the water cycle, and then explore other water cycle processes.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Loch Ness: What Happens When Solids and Liquids Are Heated or Cooled?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Students will look at what happens to different types of matter when they have a change of state.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Atlantic Ocean: What Is the Water Cycle?

For Students 4th - 6th
Explains the three states of water, how the water cycle works, and the role of temperature. Includes a fun fact quiz.
Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather and Climate: Water Cycle

For Students 2nd - 8th
Water water everywhere. Check out this video clip and test understanding about the cycle of water from the earth to the atmosphere.
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Processes of the Water Cycle Study Guide

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about the water cycle. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
Unit Plan
SRI International

Performance Assessment Links in Science: Up, Up and Away (Lesson)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will observe water evaporation in this performance task, and investigate the water cycle. The task is designed for Grade Two.
Interactive
BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Materials: Changes in Materials

For Students 3rd - 5th
Help solve the mystery and find the missing crystal. Following the activity, read more about chemical and physical changes, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.
Handout
Center for Educational Technologies

Earth Science Explorer: The Water Cycle

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a very brief overview of the water cycle, but it does have a nice graphical representation.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Cumulus Maximus: Make Your Own Cloud!

For Students 9th - 10th
In this experiment, you'll make your own cloud in a jar, and get to test the conditions that are required to make a cloud form.
Primary
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Make It Rain

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
How do you show students that the water cycle is more than just the traditional model of the ocean, clouds, and mountains and actually a part of their daily lives? This video will show multiple models of different part of the water cycle...
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Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: Where's the Water?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Discover the ins and outs of the water cycle through this collection of experiments and activities.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Relative Humidity Measurement

For Students 6th - 8th
Using the wet bulb-dry bulb method, students will compare the temperature of a dry temperature sensor and a wet temperature sensor. By comparing the temperatures, students will be able to find the relative humidity. After completing the...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Bill Nye Demonstration: Dunking Bird

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at this video from Bill Nye the Science Guy as he demonstrates the science behind the Dunking Bird. [1:34]
Activity
Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Clues About Clouds

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science experiment that simulates how clouds are formed. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what must happen in the atmosphere for cloud formation to occur.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems: Water Cycle

For Students 3rd - 5th
Watch an animated video on the water cycle, become familiar with related vocabulary terms, and then quiz yourself on the parts of the water cycle, and review your answers when you're done. Site includes guidelines for a lesson entitled...
Interactive
Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Giving Water a Second Chance

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses water and the water cycle in a storybook format. Condensation, evaporation, and precipitation are all covered.
Interactive
Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Drippy Water Cycle Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses the water cycle in a storybook format using the character Drippy. All the stages of the water cycle are covered.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Three Main Ingredients Needed to Create a Cloud in a Bottle

For Teachers K - 1st
In the science lab, young scholars will create and observe the conditions necessary to make a cloud in a bottle.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Water Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Water and elements like carbon and nitrogen are constantly being recycled through the environment. This process is called a biogeochemical cycle because it involves...
Interactive
BBC

Bb Ci Schools: Revisewise Science: Solids, Liquids, Gases

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site contains an interactive activity in which students can learn about the three states of matter. There is also a factsheet that lists numerous properties of liquids, solids, and gases. The factsheet also uses water as an example...
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Water Cycle: An Easy Explanation for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Provides a simple explanation of the water cycle by describing four main stages - evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection. Includes three project ideas and some interesting facts.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Water Cycle Diagram

For Students 4th - 6th
Describes the four main stages of the water cycle - evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Biome in a Baggie

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This ZOOMSci video segment shows how to create self-contained environments and explore how plants grow under different conditions. [3:24]