Rain in a jar
Make warm water, cold air and a plate work together until it rains inside a jar.
Weather happens in a jar in about five minutes, with an adult on hot water duty.
What you need
- A heatproof jar
- Warm water from the tap and a little hot water from an adult
- A plate
- Ice cubes
How to do it
- 1
Pour warm water into the jar until it is a third full.
- 2
Put the plate on top and pile ice cubes onto the plate.
- 3
Watch the sides of the jar for the next few minutes.
- 4
Look for droplets forming and running back down as rain.
- 5
Draw the water cycle you just watched and label the warm and cold parts.
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