Sponsored by the St. John's River Water Management Department, "The Great Water Odyssey," allows students to play games related to the water cycle and water conservation. Specifically related to evaporation and condensation, "The Cloud Game" has players help a character named Hydro collect water molecules to form a cloud and make it rain. Players must avoid the sun's rays, which cause the water molecules to evaporate.
FOSSWeb, a website sponsored by The Lawrence Hall of Science, offers an interactive evaporation model for students to use while learning about evaporation in the classroom. Users choose a container, set the humidity level and set the room temperature in two different spaces, then make a prediction about which container will evaporate first. Students click 'start' and watch the containers evaporate to see whether the prediction is correct. Teachers can perform a similar activity in the classroom by placing containers of water in different locations throughout the room.
Games about the water cycle help students learn about evaporation and condensation. NASA's "Droplet and the Water Cycle" allows students to answer a question about the water cycle to begin the game. During the game, players guide a water droplet through a forest to get to the river, then out to sea. Athena, a British curriculum project, offers a jumbled water cycle game where students must arrange images and descriptions representing the parts of the water cycle.
Show students pictures representing different parts of the water cycle, such as steam rising from a car after a rainstorm. List the parts of the water cycle on the board and have students tape pictures under the correct parts. Instruct students to write a song with motions to represent evaporation and condensation and instruct students to teach their songs to the class. Play a professionally recorded song for students and have them make up a dance to accompany the song.