The Water CycleThe four stages water moves through, drawn as one landscape.3rd Gradeevaporationcondensationprecipitationcollection1EVAPORATIONThe sun heats seas, lakes and puddles. Water rises as invisible vapour.2CONDENSATIONHigh up it is cold. The vapour cools into droplets and forms clouds.3PRECIPITATIONDroplets join until they are heavy enough to fall — rain, snow or hail.4COLLECTIONWater gathers in rivers and oceans, or soaks into the ground.No new water is ever made — it has been round this loop for millions of years.The Water Cyclelearnposters.com
The Water Cycle — printable science wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Questions about the The Water Cycle poster

Who is the The Water Cycle poster for?
The Water Cycle is filed under 3rd Grade (ages 8–9), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting science, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
When should you use the The Water Cycle poster?
Trace the loop with a finger and say each word. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Water Cycle belongs on the wall where that science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with The Water Cycle?
Adaptations, Inside the Earth and Forces and Motion sit alongside The Water Cycle in the 3rd Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AdaptationsInside the EarthForces and Motion
Is the The Water Cycle poster free to download and print?
Yes. The Water Cycle downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 3rd Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the The Water Cycle poster print at?
The Water Cycle is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Water Cycle loses nothing.Printing guide

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