•Tommy: Hey Chuckie… Why does it rain? Rain is no fun unless we are running through puddles•Chuckie: Hey Tommy you know what… I have no clue why it rains. The rain scares me!•Tommy: HEY! There’s Phil and Lil! Maybe they can help us!

•Phil: HMMMMM a Lady Bug. I want to play with it!•Lil: Hey I saw it first!•Phil: No you did not Lillian. It’s mine!•Lil: No it’s mine!

• Tommy: Guys! We have a problem bigger than a Lady Bug!• Lil: I don’t know about that. This Lady Bug is so pretty.• Phil: Stop it Lillian it is mine!• Chuckie: Guys!! Listen to Tommy• Tommy: do you guys know where rain comes from?• Phil: Umm.. They sky?• Lil: No! It comes from the Clouds!

• Stu: Hey guys what is all the commotion out here? I’ve been working on this new invention all day! Actually it’s pretty neat its…• Tommy: DAD! We need your help!• Stu: What is it son? As you all know I am an inventor so I am pretty smart.• Tommy: We want to know where rain comes from, but we just can’t figure it out!

•Phil: I think it comes from the sky.•Lil: No Phillip, it comes from the clouds•Phil: No it doesn’t!

•Stu: Hold on kids. You are both right, but there is more. I think there is some sort of cycle with the rain, it’s on the tip of my tongue….hmm. Maybe you should ask your mother.•Tommy: Great idea dad! Let’s ask mom!

• Tommy: Hey mom, I have a question for you.• •Didi: And what might that be honey? I’ve been listening to your father talk about

some invention all day long.• Tommy: Okay, so me and Chuckie were talking and we want to know why it rains.

Phil and Lil think they know but they keep on arguing. Dad doesn’t know anything• Didi: Well that’s a shocker.• Tommy: I know! And I just want to know! Dad said something about a Water Cycle?

Do you know anything about that?• Didi: Oh, the water cycle. I know a bit about that. I know that it is made up of 4

stages.• Tommy: 4 stages? Really? Just for rain?• Didi: Yes 4 stages, but I cannot exactly remember what they are. This would be an

excellent question for Dr. Lipschitz. He’s on his way over now.• Tommy: Thanks mom!

• Chuckie: Did you figure it out Tommy?

• Tommy: No, but Dr. Lipschitz is coming and he will know. So far I have learned there is a Water Cycle, and it has 4 stages.

• Chuckie: Really???• Tommy: Yes. Dr. Lipschitz will

know the steps and teach us!• Chuckie: Perfect! Do you want to

play with Reptar until he comes?• Tommy: Sure, Let’s do it!

• • (Knock, Knock, Knock)

• • Tommy: Hey! That must be Dr. Lipschitz!

• • Chuckie: Finally, We will figure this problem out Tommy!

• Dr. Lipschitz: Tommy, I hear you and you’re friend Chuckie need my help with something?

• Tommy: Yes! We want to know what this 4 stage water cycle is!

• Dr. Lipschitz: Oh the water cycle… I know about that. You are right about there being 4 stages. They are evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and run-off. Evaporation is when the water turns into a gas or vapor and travels upward creating clouds. Next stage is condensation, and that is when the gaseous water vapor turns into a liquid which leads to the next stage, precipitation. Precipitation is when the rain falls down from the clouds in the sky. After that is run-off when the rain travels downhill into a watershed. And then the process continues.

• Tommy: Oh wow really? That is a neat process. Hey Chuckie! You hear that? Now we know!

• Chuckie: Yay!!!! Thank you Dr. Lipschitz!• Dr. Lipschitz: You’re welcome boys! Glad I could help! Tell your

friends of your new discovery!