How Clouds Make Rain
This week's science lab was titled "How Clouds Make Rain". My students spent the week learning about clouds and became cloud experts. On Friday, we conducted this experiment to bring clouds into the classroom. This is a a great at-home activity as well. I encourage parents and guardians to have their students explain the project to them and then perform the experiment together! I have posted the directions below.
Directions:
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Fill the jar almost to the top with water.
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Cover the top with a “cloud” of shaving cream.
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Let your child drop food coloring into the cloud until the color starts “raining” into the water below. Explain that this is how rain works too. The water collects in the cloud until there is too much, and then it leaks through, forming rain.
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