Earth & Space
How evaporation and condensation drive water's endless journey around our planet.
⏱ Whole lesson ≈ 44 min · pick a tier in the bar, or leave on "All"
Recap of last lesson: the melting investigation.
Ice melts faster in ____ water.
Where does a puddle go when it dries up in the sun?
Name the stages: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection.
The Sun heats water, which evaporates into vapour. High up it cools and condenses into clouds. It falls as precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, hail) and collects again. The same water is recycled — no new water is made.
Water rising as a gas is called ____.
Name three stages of the water cycle.
How can we drink the same water the dinosaurs drank?
Teacher models. Watch, then trace the cycle.
Swap the clip: change the ID after /embed/ (now B77sebHmfdk).
Label the stages on a diagram together.
Sun heats the sea → water ____ → vapour cools and ____ → falls as ____ → collects → repeats
Play the animation. Bust: the Sun soaks up water / clouds are a gas.
The Sun evaporates water, it condenses into a cloud, then falls as rain — the same water, recycled.
Watch for: "the Sun absorbs the water" and "clouds are a gas".
Which stage? Sort examples together.
On your own. Sort each one, then write at your tier.
Tap a card to sort it…
Sort the cards. Then finish: Water rising as a gas is called ____.
Sort them, then describe the water cycle in three stages.
Sort them, then explain why no new water is ever made.
Answer at your tier, then hand it in.
Explain how the same water can be recycled again and again.