Water Cycle Hotlist

Water moves between the earth's surface and the atmosphere in a repeated pattern. This is called the water cycle or hydrologic cycle. The water cycle can also be thought of as the circulation and conservation of the earth's water because the earth has a fixed amount of water that is used and reused again and again by living organisms.

The following sites are a list of internet-based resources about the water cycle.

Hydrologic Cycle
http://www.und.edu/instruct/eng/fkarner/pages/cycle.htm

Water cycle information, hand-on activities, and questions for further consideration.

University of Illinois - The Hydrologic Cycle
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hyd/home.rxml

Water is the source of all life on earth.

Water : A Never-ending Story
http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/pilot/water_cycle/index.html

A teaching module from the Live From Earth and Mars website.

Water Science for Schools
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/

Ground water is water that flows or seeps downward and saturates soil or rock, supplying springs and wells. The upper surface of the saturate zone is called the water table.

EarthForce - Water
http://www.fi.edu/earth/water.html

Water can be tremendously forceful. Water in motion can cause great changes in the appearance of the crustal plates.

The Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/

Games, activities, experiments.

National Wildlife Foundation - Water Quality
http://www.nwf.org/water/

Find out what a watershed is.

Science Is Fun - Home Experiments
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/HOMEEXPTS/HOMEEXPTS.HTML

Hands-on water activities.

The Hydrosphere
http://web.geology.ufl.edu/Hydrosphere.html

The abundance of water on the earth is a unique feature that clearly distinguishes our planet from others in the solar system. Not a drop of liquid water can be found anywhere else in the solar system.

EcoLinks - Hydrosphere
http://www.miamisci.org/ecolinks/hydrosphere.html

"If you surf, swim, ski or snowboard, you come into direct contact with the hydrosphere." You can learn more about the hydrosphere at this site and also click on the "Water Cycle" link from the main page.

Give Water A Hand
http://www.uwex.edu/erc/gwah/

Give Water A Hand is national watershed education program designed to involve young people in local environmental service projects.

Author: LINDA MOSBACKER - Email linda.mosbacker@slc.k12.ut.us