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The Water Cycle

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A short, but nicely done, presentation on the basics of the water cycle. In it, learners view slides which describe the fascinating process of how the sun creates water vapor, which creates clouds, which create rain, which flows into rivers and lakes, which feed back into the ocean, where the process starts all over again!

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evaporation, precipitation, the water cycle

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evaporation, precipitation, the water cycle, science
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Grade
2nd - 3rd
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Presentations
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For Teacher Use
Number of Slides
8

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