Water Cycle & Earth's Water Pack (Grades 4–5)
$3.99
14-page water cycle pack for grades 4–5: diagram, Earth's water graph, four spheres and California snowpack reading. CA NGSS 5-ESS2, answer key.
Digital download
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Details
Students label the water cycle, graph where Earth's water is stored, build a water cycle in a bag, sort Earth's four spheres and read about the Sierra Nevada snowpack that supplies California's water. 14 PDF pages.
What you get: 14 printable PDF pages for grades 4–5 (US Letter), with an answer key and an English/Spanish family note. Instant download after checkout; nothing is shipped.
What's inside
- Reading passage: water on the move
- Water cycle diagram to label
- Water cycle vocabulary match
- If Earth's water fit in 100 cups graphing page
- Water cycle in a bag investigation
- Earth's four spheres sort
- California snowpack informational reading
- Home water-saving tracker
- Water check-up quiz with answer key
- English and Spanish family note
California standards
California Science Standards (CA NGSS). Each activity page shows its standard code in the footer.
- 5-ESS2-1: Model ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere interact
- 5-ESS2-2: Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs
- 5-ESS3-1: Combine information about ways communities protect Earth's resources
NGSS is a registered trademark of WestEd. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the NGSS were involved in the production of this product, and they do not endorse it.
Static, non-fillable US Letter PDF in a ZIP download. Print and complete by hand; pages print well in black and white. Answer key and a bilingual English/Spanish family note are included.
Classroom use included
One purchase covers one household, or one teacher's own students in one classroom. No resale or redistribution. Schools or districts that need more classrooms can email shopcreatorsupplyco@gmail.com for a site license. Digital download; no physical product.
Also included in a bundle
This pack is part of the California Science Bundle (4 Packs, Grades K–5). If you already own that bundle, you do not need to buy this pack again.
Ideas for using these pages
Tape the water cycle bag to a sunny window in the morning and check it after lunch and the next day.
Funding fit: Schools often use Title I/SPSA or LCFF funds for resources like this; your district decides.