Episode guide
The Water Cycle: The Journey of a Droplet
The water in your cup has been a cloud, a river, an ocean, and rain, many times over. This episode follows one droplet the whole way around.
The science, gently
- Water on Earth is never new; it just keeps traveling between sea, sky, and land.
- The droplet in your glass may once have drifted over a dinosaur.
- Every day, the sun quietly lifts billions of tons of water into the air.
Wonder together
- Where do you think your last sip of water was a hundred years ago?
- Would you rather be a cloud droplet or a river droplet?
- What is the longest journey you have ever taken?
Tonight's calm-down
Be a droplet done traveling: landed, pooled, still. No lifting tonight, no falling, just resting in the quiet lake of your bed until the sun comes to visit again.