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2nd graders' view of the water cycle

Schools feel that water is an important enough subject to begin teaching kids about it at an early age. I know my daughter was learning about water back in pre-school. Water education is topic all around the world. Here's an interpretation of the water cycle by a second-grade class at the Elanora Heights Primary School in Sydney, Australia.

Drop of water is in a stream    Drop of water is in a stream

Water drop goes down a waterfall    Water drop goes down a waterfall

Drop goes into a reservoir    Drop goes into a reservoir

Drop goes through a dam    Drop goes through a dam

Drop goes back into the ocean    Drop goes back into the ocean

Drop goes back to the ocean and evaporates    Drop goes back to the ocean and evaporates

Drop falls as rain    Drop falls as rain

Drop waters a flower    Drop waters a flower

A car is washed with the drop    A car is washed with the drop

Drop goes down the drains    Drop goes down the drains

Drop goes back to the stream and into the ocean    Drop goes back to the stream and into the ocean

Drop goes back again to the sky    Drop goes back again to the sky


Follow a drip through the water cycle Rivers and the landscape
Are raindrops tear-shaped? Are raindrops different sizes?

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