Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating the Water Cycle: Evaporation
In this water cycle activity, students investigate the evaporation process by participating in an outdoor evaporation experiment held on the school grounds. Students will determine where evaporation takes place the fastest and how nature...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Natural and Urban "Stormwater" Water Cycle Models
Students apply their understanding of the natural water cycle and the urban stormwater water cycle, as well as the processes involved in both cycles to hypothesize how the flow of water is affected by altering precipitation.
Other
Derm: Water Cycles and Catchments
Students develop an understanding of the water cycle and water catchments. This learning module is divided into introductory, developmental, and culminating activities, and also has several assessment strategies. Resource sheets...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kids in Motion: Water Cycle Fitness Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students unite science and physical activity to learn about the water cycle!
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating the Water Cycle: Using Plants to Study Evaporation
In this science activity, students investigate the water cycle by testing the water evaporated from leaves (transpiration). They investigate concepts of evaporation and the movement of water through the different states of the water...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems: Water Cycle
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...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Water Cycle
This water cycle activity is designed to assess the comprehension of concepts related to the water cycle.
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Water Science for Schools
A collection of resources--pictures, maps, data, glossary--about water and the water cycle.
Utah State Office of Education
Utah Science: Where's the Water?
Discover the ins and outs of the water cycle through this collection of experiments and activities.
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US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Thirstin's Water Cycle Activity [Pdf]
This resource presents a simple set of instructions for building a model of the water cycle in a lidded jar.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating the Water Cycle "Snow Fun"
In this teacher directed inquiry indoor lab students collect snow in a cup. They will estimate how much water will be in the cup after the snow melts. Students will then make predictions about what will happen to the cup of water. After...
Other
The Journey of Water
This interactive tour helps you to understand the journey of water to the springs. Learn about the water cycle and the Florida aquifer, supporting springs and the residents of Florida and how their activities impact the quality and...
University of Washington
University of Washington: Water Cycle
This page from the University of Washington has an excellent diagram of the water cycle. There are 8 water cycle hands on activities on the bottom of the page. Also there is a link to a teacher reference page.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Water Desalination Plant
Students use a thermal process approach to design, build and test a small-scale desalination plant that is capable of significantly removing the salt content from a saltwater solution. Students use a saltwater circuit to test the...
Utah State Office of Education
Utah State Office of Education: Water's Importance to Life on Earth
A variety of activities to help students explore the relationship of water to life on Earth. Provides an opportunity to see how ocean levels have changed over time and what effect that can have on living things.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Singing the Water Cycle
For this activity, students learn about the water cycle by singing and acting it out.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Water Cycle: Investigating Condensation
Students will listen to a story about the water cycle, observe how water droplets form on a glass of icy water, then draw and label a picture showing condensation.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Weather/water Cycle
In this activity, learners will learn about the water cycle through a story, a song, and a game, and relate it to the weather that they observe.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Terrarium Investigating the Water Cycle in a 1 or 2 Liter Bottle
For this activity, young scholars construct a terrarium in a bottle, and observe it over time to see when it 'rains,' which will indicate the completion of a water cycle.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Water Cycle
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an activity flipchart that asks students to label the various phases of the water cycle.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Water Cycle
This StudyCards stack enables students to review the vocabulary associated with weather.
Other
Water on the Web
Water on the Web (WOW) is an advanced site allowing students to actively participate in data analysis from real research sites. Lesson plans on a range of topics are provided. There is also a tutorial for using Excel to graph WOW data.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Witnessing Evaporation
The engineers at Splash Engineering (the students) have been commissioned by Thirsty County to conduct a study of evaporation and transpiration in their region. During one week, students observe and measure (by weight) the ongoing...
Other
Earth Science: Earth's Surface and Heat [Pdf]
This textbook chapter looks at the role of temperature in sustaining life on Earth and on weather and climate. It discusses the Earth's movements and the seasons, the circulation of the oceans, wind and weather, and the water cycle....