The water cycle foldable cut and paste activity and slide show presentation

Introduce or review the water cycle in simple steps with this foldable activity and presentation. This resource focuses on 4 stages of the water cycle: collection, evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

The foldable cut-and-paste activity is a fun alternative to labeling a water cycle worksheet and is suitable for interactive science notebooks. It could also be used as a science center. One of the templates allows children to write in the stages themselves.

The presentation outlines the 4 stages with simple descriptions and pictures. There is a PowerPoint and Google Slides version included. The video preview shows the full presentation.

This resource includes:

• 13 slide water cycle presentation (PowerPoint and Google Slides) with animation. The presentation is partially editable (titles and images are fixed in place but you can amend what's in the text boxes if you need to adapt it for your learners).
• Differentiated foldable sequencing activity (PDF) with 3 similar templates to choose from. The PDF is not editable.
• Picture showing how to fold the template
• Teacher notes
• Versions for US and UK paper sizes