🔬 Science · Ecosystems & Habitats
The Water Cycle
Describe the water cycle, tracing water through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, surface runoff, and transpiration in plants, explaining how the sun drives the cycle
Typical age: 11–12 years
“If your child watched rain falling outside and was asked where that water had been before it fell, could they trace its journey through the water cycle from the sea to the clouds to the rain and back?”
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- The Water Cycle
The exploratory weather/climate water cycle topic provides an accessible entry point before the formal KS3 treatment
- Evaporation & the Water CycleREQUIRED
The KS3 water cycle (including transpiration and surface runoff) builds directly on KS2 understanding of evaporation and condensation
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