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What is the Water Cycle?

A simple explanation of the water cycle which includes a cartoon video which goes through the process.

7-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

The Water Cycle

Interesting activities to aid understanding of the Water Cycle.

11-16 year olds
Pupils

All about Water

Find out about the water cycle, our bodies and water, the environment and saving water.

11-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Planet Under Pressure

BBC News Online explores our planet's most pressing environmental issues. The site takes a look at six areas where a crisis could be brewing: food, water, energy, climate change, biodiversity and pollution.

14-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Butterfly Life Cycle

A series of pages about butterflies with stunning narrated videos of each stage of the butterfly life cycle.

5-16 year olds
Teachers

Yorkshire Water - Education

Free downloadable teaching and pupil resources about water and the water cycle for primary schools. Everything is here if you are planning a school trip.

7-11 year olds
Teachers

Comparing Life Cycles

This site explains with audio and diagrams the differences and similarities of the life cycles of different creatures such as birds, amphibians, insects and mammals. Test your knowledge on the activities too.

10-11 year olds
Pupils

Frog Life Cycle

An illustrated account of the frog life cycle written with two text levels of difficulty. A non-fiction text resource with photographs. Suitable for IWB.

5-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Learn about the Weather

Learn about weather phenomena including clouds, rain and snow, with these excellent videos and animations from the UK Met Office. They are YouTube videos so will not be accessible in all schools but they are ad free.

9-14 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Rock Cycle

Learn about different types of rocks and how they change over time.

11-16 year olds
Pupils
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