This document discusses the water cycle and related classroom activities for 2nd grade students. It includes definitions and diagrams of the key parts of the water cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, and collection. Students are instructed to watch a video on the water cycle, sing a song about it, label vocabulary words, and create a bulletin board and stop motion video to explain the cycle. The overall purpose is to teach students about where water goes and how it moves through the Earth's systems.

1. Fluid Earth
Water, Water, Everywhere!
Mrs. McClure
2nd Grade
 @simonds, “Lake Michigan Waves” Taken on August 14th 2007, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.

2. Water Cycle
Most of our Earth is covered in water, but it doesn’t just
stay there. Where does it go?
@NASAGoddardSpacePhotoandVideo
“Earth From Space” October 17th, 2000
via Flickr, Creative Commons
Attribution.

3. Brain Pop Video-Water Cycle
 Watch water cycle video to learn about the water
cycle!
 You will need to enter our school username and
password.
Water Cycle Video

4. PowerPoint Task
In your science notebook:
1. Record song in notebook
2. Click on water cycle vocabulary words from water
cycle picture in order.
3. Write and draw what the words mean
4. Click “Back” to see water cycle picture again and
click on a new word!

5. Water Cycle Song
Tune of “She’ll Be Coming Around the Mountain”
Record song in your science notebook:
Water travels in a cycle, yes it does
(use pointer finger to make a big circle)
Water travels in a cycle, yes it does
(repeat finger circle)
It goes up as evaporation
(moves hands up to the sky)
Forms clouds as condensation
(make a cloud overhead with arms)
Then comes down as precipitation, yes it does!
Song found from: Mrs. Lirette’s Learning

6. The Water Cycle
Precipitation
Runoff
Condensation
Evaporation
5.Lake Collection
1.
2.
3.
4.

7. Evaporation
•The sun heats up the
water.
•Water evaporates the
lake and goes into air
as water vapor
•Can’t see water vapor,
but it is all around us Photo Flicker sfgamchick
Back@sfgamchick “Lake
Michigan” August 8th,
2007 via Flickr, Creative
Commons Attribution.

8. Condensation
•Water in the air cools
•Little water vapors
turns into tiny water
droplets
•Water droplets go
together forms into
clouds
Photo Flicker xray10
Back
@xray10 “Sleeping Bear
Dunes National Lakeshore”
August 25th, 2010 via
Flicker, Creative Commons
Attribute.

9. Precipitation
•Clouds can’t
hold the water
•Water falls to
the ground
•Rain, snow,
hail or sleet
drops
@Lab2112, Finally, it
Snowed” January 18th,
2007 via Flickr, Creative
Commons Attribution.
@AlexRX “Rain”, November
21, 2007 via Flicker,
Creative Commons Attribution.
Back

10. Runoff
Rain falls to ground
Runs down mountains
and hills
Goes to new places
.
Back
@mamboman1
“Waterfall” May 18th,
2007 via Flicker, Creative
Commons Attribution.

11. Collection
 Water collects and
stays in:
 Lakes
 Rivers
 Oceans
 Ground water
@larrysphat, M-22 Crossing Glen Lake, October 11th, 2008 via
Flicker, Creative Commons Attribution.
Back

12. Water goes around and around
 When the water is collected the process is started all
over again!
@DevinHunt, “Water Cycle” December 7, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.

13. Interactive Water Cycle
 Click on the link below to go to an interactive water
cycle site.
 Interactive Water Cycle

14. Water Cycle Board
 While discovering water cycles, we will create a
bulletin board sharing what the water cycle looks like
in our community!
@GlobalWaterPartnership “Water Cycle” April 28th 2007
via Flikr, Creative Commons Attribution.

15. 2nd Graders Explaining the
Water Cycle
Water Cycle Stop Motion
We will also create a stop motion explanation of
the water cycle on our iPads.
Watch another 2nd grade class and their water
cycle stop motion!

16. Water Cycle
 I hope you had lots of fun exploring the water cycle!
@DevinHunt, “Water Cycle” December 7, 2009 via Flickr,
Creative Commons Attribution.