Where water is found on Earth
Identify where water is found on Earth and understand that water can exist as solid (ice) or liquid, recognising water in oceans, rivers, glaciers, and underground
Lesson
Set out your lesson
“Where water is found on Earth means finding Earth’s water in oceans, rivers, glaciers, and underground, as liquid or solid ice. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Four cards: ocean, river, glacier/ice, underground
- A cup of water and an ice cube (optional)
Extra for the adult
Worked example. Oceans and rivers hold liquid water. Glaciers hold solid ice. Some water is underground.
Optional challenge. For Where water is found on Earth, explain why a frozen pond is still water.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: places named; solid/liquid; support used. This session samples Earth water places, not mastery of the full water budget.
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Practice this concept
Start practiceWhere water is found on Earth practice
Name oceans, rivers, glaciers, and underground water as solid or liquid.
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Learning resources
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NOAA Ocean Service · Practice link — not the full lesson
Why should we care about the ocean?
Before you open · source notes
Why should we care about the ocean? supports Where water is found on Earth. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Before you openAsk the learner one fact they learned and one question they still have.
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Source, access and review notes
Public NOAA Ocean Service 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.
NOAA Ocean Service. “Why should we care about the ocean?.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- List where water is found on Earth: oceans, rivers, lakes, glaciers, underground, atmosphere
- Explain that water exists as liquid (rivers, oceans) and solid (ice, glaciers, snow)
- Recognise that most of Earth's water is in the oceans
“Can your child name the different places water is found on Earth — in oceans, rivers, ice caps, and even underground — and explain that ice is just frozen water?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Earth's Systems
- Age range
- Ages 7–8
Standards