Where Does a Puddle Go?

Scene 1: Evaporation (0:00 – 0:15) Visual Prompt / Action: Macro shot of a sunlit puddle. The sun beams down, heating the water as tiny, animated vapor molecules rise up into the air. Voiceover / Narration: "It all starts with evaporation. When the sun heats up oceans, rivers, and puddles, liquid water turns into an invisible gas called water vapor and rises into the sky." Scene 2: Condensation (0:15 – 0:30) Visual Prompt / Action: Animated time-lapse of vapor molecules floating higher, cooling down, and clustering tightly together to form a soft, fluffy white cloud. Voiceover / Narration: "As that warm vapor rises high into the cooler atmosphere, it cools down and turns back into tiny liquid droplets through condensation, forming clouds." Scene 3: Precipitation (0:30 – 0:45) Visual Prompt / Action: Close-up inside a heavy, dark grey cloud as droplets merge and get too heavy, eventually falling down as raindrops onto a green forest. Voiceover / Narration: "When those droplets get too heavy for the cloud to hold, they fall back down to Earth as rain, snow, or sleet—a process known as precipitation." Scene 4: Collection / Runoff (0:45 – 1:00) Visual Prompt / Action: Water flowing down hills and mountainsides (runoff) to refill rivers, lakes, and oceans, looping back to where it started. Voiceover / Narration: "Finally, the water gathers in rivers and oceans through collection and runoff, ready to start the cycle all over again! Like and subscribe for more science shorts!"