Grade 2 · Science · Lesson 11

Understand Rain Cycle

Have you ever wondered where rain comes from — and where it goes afterward? The same water travels around and around our planet in a never-ending loop called the water cycle. It has four main steps.

What this lesson teaches

1Name the four steps of the water cycle in order
2Explain what happens during evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection
3Describe why the sun is essential to the water cycle

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