Water cycle
| Follow a drip through the water cycle:- To explore the water cycle, choose a topic from the diagram or text links below. |
| The water cycle:- The water cycle describes how water molecules make their way from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere, and back again. |
| Water Cycle:- An interactive version of the Water Cycle. Pupils are able to access animations showing exactly what is happening to the water molecules at each stage of the process - helping to develop their knowledge and understanding. |
| Water Purification Process:- The pupils are able to follow the water on its way through a water treatment works. They are able to look at each part of the purification process in detail, examining how impurities are removed. |
| The Water Time Gallery:- The pupils use pictures on the wall of the interactive gallery to access information about the supply of drinking water to people over the years. This look back in time makes the pupils appreciate a constant supply of safe drinking water. |
Water cycle - Study and teaching
| What are clouds and why does it rain?:- This module from the London Grid for Learning uses animated diagrams, easy-to-read text and scientific experiments to demonstrate the stages of the water cycle. There are discussion topics, questions to be answered and observations to be made in personal notebooks. |
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Community Science Action Guides - Water:-These web pages are all about water and the activities you, or your students, can do to find out more about water. They are aimed at year 9 students (ages 13/14), but can be used with both older and younger students.
There are 3 different kinds of pages: fact sheets, activities and answers. There are also science investigation help pages for students and teachers, which could be used to teach the skills needed for a successful assessed practical.
Suitable for Upper Primary Students |
| Models of the Water Cycle:- To develop an understanding of the water cycle by building and evaluating two different physical models. Grade levels K-2 |
| Water and Ice:- To explore what happens to water as it goes from solid to liquid and back again; to use observation, measurement, and communication skills to describe change. Grade levels 3-5 |
| The case of the disappearing water:- This 6 page pdf file will enable students to explain evaporation in the context of the water cycle. PDF file. Grade levels 4-6 |
| The water cycle: water on the move:- Gives a simple explanation of the different stages of the water cycle and demonstrates how water is recycled. A clear animated diagram shows the water cycle in motion and a quiz game adds interest. |
| The Mystery of the Disappearing Puddle :- You are a detective hired by your school principal. She wants you to help her find out what happened to the puddle she saw after a morning rain shower yesterday. By afternoon, it had disappeared! Where did it go? Can you solve the mystery of the disappearing puddle? A Web Quest for Grades 2-3 |
| Water Cycle WebQuest:- Our class is going on a trip through the water cycle. We are all going to become drops of water. We will discover the answers to the following questions. Why does water change into many forms? What is the water cycle and how does it affect our lives? Not only will you learn the answers to these questions but you will also become the teacher and teach your classmates what you have learned. You will research, plan, and publish. So lets get started! A WebQuest for 2nd/3rd Grade |
| Water Cycle WebQuest:- You will search for information that will answer the questions about the water cycle. Find a partner and look for the answers together to the questions that follow. You will use the given Internet sites to find the answers to the questions. Make sure you take notes and don’t forget to transfer your work to a Word document. Copy and paste an Internet picture in the final draft. Do not forget to cite your graphic resource. water cycle. We are all going to become drops of water. We will discover the answers to the following questions. Why does water change into many forms? What is the water cycle and how does it affect our lives? Not only will you learn the answers to these questions but you will also become the teacher and teach your classmates what you have learned. You will research, plan, and publish. So lets get started! Grades 4-6 |