The Water Cycle

By the end of this unit, students will be able to:

• Understand the stages in the water cycle.
• Identify and name the various stages.

Curriculum Alignment: Year 4 Science: State of matter

• compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases
• observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C)
• identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature