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Activity
American Chemical Society

Inquiry in Action: Evaporation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lab experiment where students try to increase the rate of evaporation by adding heat to the water. Students will experience the process the evaporation with this activity.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Water Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An introduction to the biogeochemical cycle, the water cycle. Recognize evaporation, sublimation, and condensation. Identify groundwater and runoff water supplies.
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Unit Plan
University of Nebraska

University of Nebraska: Transpiration Water Movement Through Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial examines how water moves through a plant. Follow the pathway that water takes through plants from the roots to evaporation from cells in the leaves. Learn what controls rates of transpiration, how environmental conditions...
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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.
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PPT
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tar Heel Reader: The Water Cycle

For Students 2nd - 5th
Learn about the water cycle from this "book" that includes bright pictures and descriptions. Learn about precipitation, condensation, and evaporation and see examples of each phenomenon.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Water Resources Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course on water resources engineering. Webpage includes twenty-eight lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary in length and cover topics like...
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: A Simple Guide to the Steps of the Water Cycle

For Students 3rd - 5th
The steps in the water cycle and the processes that occur are explained in this resource.
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Website
Other

University of Alaska: Freezing of Hot and Cold Water

For Students 9th - 10th
What will freeze first - hot water or cold water? Read this article and be surprised. This article provides great information about the freezing of water.
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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.
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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.
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Handout
New York University

New York University: States of Water

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this resource to learn about the three different phases of water; solid, liquid, and gas. What happens to water as it changes into a solid or gas? Includes short and easy to do activity.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Water Cycle: Investigating Condensation

For Teachers K - 1st
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.
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Graphic
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: The Water Cycle [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
An illustrated diagram of the water cycle that students can use for study.
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Handout
Other

New Jersey Section of the American Water Works Association: The Water Cycle

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Simple diagram and explanations of the water cycle and related terms.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Weather/water Cycle

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, students will learn about the water cycle through a story, a song, and a game, and relate it to the weather that they observe.
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Handout
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: The Water Cycle

For Students 3rd - 5th
This simple overview provides definitions of key terms in the water cycle and a diagram showing the path water takes in this cycle.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a science flipchart that reviews the stages of the water cycle and also ways in which the water cycle affects weather such as hurricanes and tornadoes.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Water Cycle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson covers information for middle grade students relative to the basic functions of the water cycle.
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Handout
PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Water Cycle

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An explanation of the water cycle.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students study the phases of the water cycle.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an activity flipchart that asks students to label the various phases of the water cycle.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using this flipchart students study the phases of the water cycle and its importance to the earth. Assessment questions use Activotes.
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: What Happens to the Energy of Water Molecules During Hurricanes?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this investigation students will add energy to the model of how molecules interact by completing the following activities. Activity 1 What does boiling do to water molecules? Activity 2 How hot can water go? Activity 3 How does energy...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Swamp Cooler

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a household fan, cardboard box and paper towels, student teams design and build an evaporative cooler (swamp cooler). They learn about the process that cools water during the evaporation of water. They make calculations to...

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