Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: A Guide to Rain Garden Construction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Student groups create personal rain gardens planted with native species to provide a green infrastructure and low-impact development technology solution for areas with poor drainage that often flood during storm events.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Rain Erosion: Does the Rate of Water Effect Erosion?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lab, young scholars investigate whether the rate of water falling (rain) affects the amount of erosion (soil movement). This experiment could lead to further questions: how does grass or rocks effect soil erosion, does erosion...
Unit Plan
Ministry of Education, Sports & Culture (Samoa) Government

Mesc: Samoa School Net: Rain and Water Cycle: Weather and Water Cycle

For Students 4th - 6th
Explains the different stages in the water cycle while covering important vocabulary. Supported by lots of visuals and includes a good water cycle animation.
Handout
US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Water Science for Schools

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of resources--pictures, maps, data, glossary--about water and the water cycle.
Unit Plan
Museum of Science

Oceans Alive: The Water Planet

For Students 3rd - 8th
Check out this simple overview of the water cycle and learn how to build a model of the water cycle.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a science flipchart that reviews the stages of the water cycle and also ways in which the water cycle affects weather such as hurricanes and tornadoes.