Evaporation and Condensation in the Water Cycle
Download a two-page 4th grade science worksheet exploring evaporation, condensation and precipitation through a water-cycle diagram and sorting activity.
- Subject
- Science
- Year group
- 4th Grade · Elementary
- Curriculum topic
- The water cycle
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This two-page worksheet connects the water cycle to familiar observations, such as puddles drying and clouds forming. Students identify where evaporation and condensation are happening in an illustrated scene and name the precipitation, then sort everyday examples by whether warming or cooling causes the change.
Teaching notes
Begin with the “Where did the puddle go?” prompt to connect the vocabulary to students’ own experience.
Use the sorting activity to check that students understand warming causes evaporation and cooling causes condensation; the kettle and cool-window examples make good discussion points.
Learning objectives
- Explain evaporation and condensation using the water cycle
- Identify precipitation and examples of water changing state
- Classify everyday examples as evaporation or condensation
What’s included
- Two printable worksheet pages
- Illustrated water-cycle interpretation questions
- Evaporation and condensation sorting activity
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