Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon: Vapor Pressure Tank
Basic design of a demonstration machine that will lower the vapor pressure and cause water to evaporate at room temperature.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Chemistry, Vapor Pressure
A series of virtual experiments that show students the power and importance of evaporation.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Wet Sand / Dry Sand
In this activity, Students can use temperature sensors to compare the heating rates of wet sand and dry sand. They will use the results of the experiment to understand more about the effects of evaporation.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Water Availability
This lesson helps learners discover the relationship between precipitation, evaporation, and surface runoff data. Using FieldScope, an online GIS created at the National Geographic Society, students will explore data layers, create a map...
SRI International
Performance Assessment Links in Science: Up, Up and Away (Lesson)
Students will observe water evaporation in this performance task, and investigate the water cycle. The task is designed for Grade Two.
Curated OER
Weather Dude: The Water Cycle
Informational weather site highlights The Water Cycle. Discover how it works and learn more about evaporation and condensation.
Other
Niwa: Common Hydrological Terms
A glossary of terms that describe the processes that occur in hydrology. Glossary explains evaporation, precipitation, soil moisture, groundwater, and stream flow.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Saturated Vapor Pressure
The meaning of vapor pressure is introduced. The distinction between evaporation and boiling is discussed and explained. The reason that liquids undergo vaporization is explained.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Relative Humidity
Describes what relative humidity is, shows how it is calculated, and how it is related to evaporation and condensation.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Water: A Never Ending Story
Students carry out a number of activities that demonstrate the concepts of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and soil moisture and runoff. Then students construct a terrarium as a way to observe the water cycle. Immediately...
Bill Nye
Bill Nye: Sock It to Me
This tutorial by Bill Nye explains how evaporating water (or sweat!) can cool you down.
Other
Water on the Web: Studying Heat Budgets of Lakes
Interesting activity that discusses many aspects of the energy in a lake, including the evaporation of the water into gas.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Boiling
A module reviewing over how vaporization occurs and its difference from evaporation. Also, review over the definition of boiling point. Module includes a video, pictures, explanation, and review questions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Earth Science: Water on Earth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses water and where it occurs on Earth, gives an overview of the water cycle, and explains how the ocean is an integral part of the water cycle and is...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Water Cycle Model
This hands-on model of the water cycle is a great culminating activity for a study of the movement of water through the environment. Completed in small groups or as a class project, it involves connecting three bottles to demonstrate the...
Science Fun for Everyone
Science Fun: Olympic Medals
Create your own Olympic medal out of clay with the help of an adult. Watch as your design hardens over time as the water in the clay evaporates.
McREL International
Mc Rel: Water Cycle [Pdf]
An assessment question requiring knowledge of the water cycle with the opportunity to use application skills.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Determining Transpiration From a Schoolyard Tree
A good project to link math skills with ecology. Hands-on activies help students understand the role of trees in ecosystems.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: The Water Cycle
This site provides a comprehensive introduction to the water cycle. Students construct a model to simulate parts of the water cycle. Includes background information, links to standards, lesson plans, and assessment ideas.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:dimming the Sun
Conduct an experiment and investigate how air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, solar radiation and precipitation affect evaporation. Graph the data collected during the experiment.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Crystals
What are crystals? Discover how they are formed, what the evaporation and cooling crystallization process are, and the shapes of crystals.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Weather
This lesson plan focuses on teaching students to distinguish among the evaporation, condensation,and precipitation phases of the water cycle.
abcteach
Abcteach: Experiments
[Free Registration/Login Required] Elementary students learning to do experiments will be able to use these ready-made worksheets for gathering data on evaporation, melting ice and others.
Math Science Nucleus
Math/science Nucleus: Giving Water a Second Chance
This animation discusses water and the water cycle in a storybook format. Condensation, evaporation, and precipitation are all covered.
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