Weather and Water Cycle Lab

Students test evaporation and condensation, find four kinds of precipitation and forecast a week of weather.

Grades 4–5Virtual lab · 5 stations1 student per deviceNo student loginsWorks offline

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Grade level

Grades 4–5: Evaporation, condensation, precipitation and a weather log for Grades 4–5

What students practice

Evaporation and condensation, dew point, types of precipitation, the water cycle, reading weather instruments, air pressure and forecasting, graphing data

Standards

NGSS: 3-ESS2-1 · 5-ESS2-1 · 5-ESS2-2 · 5-PS1-1

How it works

Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
Each student types their name on the Start page, then works through the stations in order. Each station has a prediction, a hands-on activity, a data table or log that fills in as they work and a check question.
Students finish with a printable lab report (print or save as PDF). The Teacher Notes include the standards, a full answer key and a reset button for shared devices.
Each purchase includes the lab file and a one-page Quick Start guide.