Summary
“The Water Cycle Song” is a Scratch Garden song-and-animation that teaches the water cycle — how water moves between the sky and the ground. A short, catchy video — easy to drop into a science lesson, a warm-up, or a transition.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Water is always on the move — rising into the sky, forming clouds, and falling back down — in a never-ending cycle.
- What are the main steps of the water cycle?
- What makes water rise up into the air?
- Where does rain come from, and where does it go after it falls?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: water cycle, evaporation, condensation, precipitation, cloud.
Try it: Draw the water cycle with arrows showing water going up to the clouds and falling back down. Label two steps.