Summary
Traces water as it evaporates, forms clouds, and falls again as rain — the water cycle. Explains where water is found and why it rains.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Talk about it
Water is always on the move. The sun warms water into vapor, it cools into clouds, and it falls back as rain or snow.
- What does the sun do to water in a puddle or the ocean?
- Where does the water in clouds come from?
- Why does it rain?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: evaporation, cloud, precipitation, water cycle.
Try it: Put a cup of water in the sun and mark the level. Check it the next day — where did some go?