In this game, children have to try to guess the name of the stage based on clues that they are given. Break your class into small groups and have each of the groups play the game together. On index cards, write out the names of the stages of the water cycle and provide each group with a set of cards. One student at a time guesses and the rest provide the clues. The students who are providing the clues pick up a card and offer clues to the student who is guessing that relate to the stage of the water cycle that is printed on the card. For example, for the word evaporation, students may say, "This is what happens when water is pulled into the sky." Once the student guesses the stage written on the card, she becomes a clue giver and another student becomes the guesser for another card.
Divide the class into groups of two or three students. Provide each group with a set of pictures that illustrate the stages of the water cycle; for example, for condensation, a picture of a glass that has condensation on it. On your mark, the groups work together to arrange the pictures in the correct order. The first group to arrange the pictures in the correct order and name each of the stages wins the game.
Play a game of water cycle Pictionary with your class. Divide your class into two teams. Have one student from a team volunteer to be the artist. Provide the artist with one of the stages of the water cycle, and the student must draw a picture that represents the stage you have told him. For example, if the child has the word "precipitation," she may draw a picture of a cloud with rain coming down. The members of the artist's team try to guess the stage he is drawing before an allotted period of time is up. If the artist's teammates are unable to guess the stage, the opposing team may try to guess. Award a point to the team who correctly guesses the stage. Continue the game in the same manner with an artist from the other team drawing the picture. The team who collects the most points wins the game.
For this game, students have to identify the missing stage of the water cycle. Divide your class into two teams. Hang pictures that illustrate the stages of the water cycle on the board and have students look at the pictures. Instruct players to cover their eyes, remove one of the pictures and push the remaining pictures together to fill in the gap. Have children open their eyes and whichever team identifies the missing picture first wins with round. For instance, if you've removed the picture that illustrates the word "collection," the team that identifies that the picture is missing wins the round.