The Water Cycle
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Subject Area: Science | Grade Level: 5
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Water Cycle, Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Water
Lesson Description: Throughout this lesson the students will learn about the different elements that compose the water cycle. They will learn through an educational video and then will take a quiz on the elements of the water cycle.

  • SC.5.E.7.1 Create a model to explain the parts of the water cycle. Water can be a gas, a liquid, or a solid and can go back and forth from one state to another.
Video : The Great Aqua Adventure
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Quiz : All About the Water Cycle
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1

Which is not the name of one of the parts of the water cycle?

Question #2
Hail is a type of precipitation. 
Question #3
What is evaporation?
Question #4
It gets hotter the higher up you go.
Question #5
What is the Water Cycle?
Question #6

Which of the following is NOT part of the water cycle?

Question #7
Is water matter?
Question #8
Condensation is the process of water changing from liquid to gas.
Question #9

Sleet is an example of...

Question #10
What is an example of each part of the water cycle?
Resources : Additional Resources
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this
The Water Cycle Definition and Steps
Read about the different steps in the water cycle and how they all work together.
Hydro Logic
A fun game that uses parts of the water cycle.
Water Cycle
A longer video about the water cycle.