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Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon: Vapor Pressure Tank

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic design of a demonstration machine that will lower the vapor pressure and cause water to evaporate at room temperature.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Chemistry, Vapor Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of virtual experiments that show students the power and importance of evaporation.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Wet Sand / Dry Sand

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Water Availability

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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SRI International

Performance Assessment Links in Science: Up, Up and Away (Lesson)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will observe water evaporation in this performance task, and investigate the water cycle. The task is designed for Grade Two.
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Curated OER

Weather Dude: The Water Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Informational weather site highlights The Water Cycle. Discover how it works and learn more about evaporation and condensation.
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Other

Niwa: Common Hydrological Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
A glossary of terms that describe the processes that occur in hydrology. Glossary explains evaporation, precipitation, soil moisture, groundwater, and stream flow.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Saturated Vapor Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Relative Humidity

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes what relative humidity is, shows how it is calculated, and how it is related to evaporation and condensation.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Water: A Never Ending Story

For Students K - 1st
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...
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Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Sock It to Me

For Students 3rd - 8th
This tutorial by Bill Nye explains how evaporating water (or sweat!) can cool you down.
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Other

Water on the Web: Studying Heat Budgets of Lakes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Interesting activity that discusses many aspects of the energy in a lake, including the evaporation of the water into gas.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Boiling

For Students 7th - 9th
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.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Earth Science: Water on Earth

For Students 5th
[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...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Water Cycle Model

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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...
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Science Fun for Everyone

Science Fun: Olympic Medals

For Students K - 1st
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.
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McREL International

Mc Rel: Water Cycle [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
An assessment question requiring knowledge of the water cycle with the opportunity to use application skills.
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National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Determining Transpiration From a Schoolyard Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
A good project to link math skills with ecology. Hands-on activies help students understand the role of trees in ecosystems.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: The Water Cycle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:dimming the Sun

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Crystals

For Students 1st - 6th
What are crystals? Discover how they are formed, what the evaporation and cooling crystallization process are, and the shapes of crystals.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan focuses on teaching students to distinguish among the evaporation, condensation,and precipitation phases of the water cycle.
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abcteach

Abcteach: Experiments

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[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.
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Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Giving Water a Second Chance

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses water and the water cycle in a storybook format. Condensation, evaporation, and precipitation are all covered.

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