My goal with this website is to share teaching ideas that will strengthen your teaching and provide materials that will simplify your life. You can find all of our printable activity packs here.I’m thrilled you’re here! I am a teacher blogger and an education curriculum creator. Other Fun Activities and Experiments to Consider: Talk about an awesome family-friendly activity! This Earth Day Bingo is also a super fun and easy way to have children of all ages playing along and learning all about protecting the Earth. Your child will learn all about the different ways that they can help to save the Earth, recycle, and make the world a better place for them and their future generations as well. You’re also going to love our Earth Day Printable as well. Learning about the Earth together is always so much fun.įind more of our YouTube science experiments video’s here: I hope you enjoyed the water cycle activity for Earth Day. This Walking Water Experiments For Kids is also a really cool secondary activity that would be a great pairing with this one! Talk about their theories, hypothesis and what they’d do differently next time for this activity. Take this time to talk about what they say what they think happened. The kids will be able to see the water in the bottle suspended in different parts of the water cycle. Seal the bottle tightly and place it in a sunny, warm location. Add a few drops of blue food coloring to the water. You will want to write:ĭraw arrows to show how the water rises as evaporation and descends as precipitation.įill the bottom of the bottle with 1/2 an inch of water. Use the permanent marker to write the parts of the water cycle activity onto the side of the bottle. This lesson plan is intended for teachers to use with their upper elementary and middle school students to learn about the water cycle and the forces that drive it. Water Cycle Activity Set-Upīefore getting started, remove any labels from the bottle and make sure the inside is clean and dry. Summary: In this lesson, students will learn about the water cycle and how energy from the sun and the force of gravity drive this cycle. Here is how you make your own water cycle in a bottle. Water Cycle in a Bottle – Water Cycle Activity for Earth Day If you’re looking for a really great Earth Day activity that the kids are going to love, don’t miss out on this simple and fun water cycle activity. Lightening: Myths and Facts Website National Geographic: Weather/Natural Disasters Website Scholastic: Weather Watch Website Weather Wiz Kids Website. Interesting facts and activity ideas for students to get to know water better. This is why I like to teach and talk about the importance of Earth Day with my kids but I also like to have activities to show them as well. Explore the natural water cycle and help Whoosh keep the water moving in this fun and interactive online game. Some children learn by words, others learn by activities and examples. How many times have your children something in a book but didn’t fully understand the process until they have a hands-on activity or experiment to compliment it as well? It’s such a cool way to learn all about the water cycle!Ĭhildren all learn differently and I think that’s really important to remember. Your kids will love watching this experiment over and over again. This activity is one of our favorite Earth Day science activities for toddlers and preschoolers that you can do at home because it is easy! In a day or two, kids can watch the complete water cycle in action.ĭo this activity in the classroom or at home for a fun science activity with your preschoolers and young kids. In this activity, kids will be able to observe how the water cycle works right before their eyes. This preschool science activity is a fun way to learn about the water cycle up close in personal. If you need a cool water cycle activity to do for Earth Day, try this water cycle in a bottle activity!