Rain & Puddles
Know that rain falls from clouds in the sky, that puddles disappear because water goes back into the air, and that this is part of how water moves around — up into the sky and back down again
Lesson
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“Rain & Puddles means knowing rain falls from clouds and puddles dry as water goes back into the air. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Cup of water and a shallow plate (mini puddle)
- Paper to draw cloud → rain → puddle → air
Extra for the adult
Worked example. Rain falls from clouds. Puddles shrink because water goes into the air. Water can come down again later.
Optional challenge. For Rain & Puddles, add “warm day dries puddles faster” as a guess to test later.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: cycle steps said; support used. This session samples water moving, not mastery of the full water cycle.
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Rain & Puddles means knowing rain falls from clouds and puddles dry as water goes back into the air. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes tracing rain→puddle→air, watching a tiny plate puddle idea, then checking one fresh step.
Explain evaporation without assuming every vanished puddle followed one route.
Explain evaporation without assuming every vanished puddle followed one route.
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Trace rain from clouds and puddles returning to the air.
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NASA Climate Kids · Practice link — not the full lesson
Weather and Climate
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Weather and Climate supports Rain & Puddles. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Public NASA Climate Kids page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
NASA Climate Kids. “Weather and Climate.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- State that rain falls from clouds
- Explain that puddles disappear because the water goes into the air
- Describe the basic idea that water goes up and comes back down in a repeating process
“If your child notices a puddle has disappeared on a sunny afternoon, can they explain that the water went up into the air, and that it will come back down again as rain from a cloud?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Weather & Climate
- Age range
- Ages 5–7