This term, we started learning science. We first started learning about the water cycle, including the steps. Here is a simple diagram of the water cycle.
To explain it in words, big bodies of water like the rivers, ponds and oceans get heated up from the sun, which makes the water evaporate and turn into water vapour, which is lighter than air, so it ascends to the clouds. The atmosphere gets colder and the water vapour condenses into the clouds. The water droplets get colder and they get heavier until they drop. They then run off mountains into the soil or again, back into big bodies of water.
The reason why the water cycle is very important is because it has the same functions as recycling water, but the earth does the job instead of us. After learning more about the water cycle, we did a science experiment to mimic the water cycle in a bag.
All you need to do the water cycle in a bag is any kind of a sandwhich bag and a black marker, including water.
To do the experiment, get your sandwich bag and lightly use a black marker to draw some mountains, the sun, the clouds, and the sea. Fill the sandwich bag with water until it reaches the water. Put the bag near a window for the sun to shine on it. You can check the experiment at different times to see what part of the water cycle its on.
Here is the photo of the experiment.
