Try this cool science experiment with your kiddos at home. Before making the rain clouds in a jar discuss how it rains and what causes rain to form. Review where rain comes from and the process of how rain clouds form.
Rain Clouds in a Jar Materials
- Shaving cream
- Water
- Clear cups or jars
- Blue food coloring
- Pipettes
Instructions:
- Fill the jars or containers you are using 3/4 of the way with water and then top with shaving cream. Allow a few minutes for the shaving cream to fully settle on top of the water
- In a bowl mix several drops of blue food coloring with a little bit of water. Add a pipette or two and the experiment can begin
- Have kids fill their pipettes or droppers with blue water and squeeze it onto their cloud
- Inserting the tip of the pipette into the cloud helped the cloud to fill. Have them squeeze more and more blue water into the cloud. As the cloud fills with water it will begin to rain!
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