Friday, May 16, 2014

Making Rain

Just before bed the other night, Gloria and I decided to do a little experiment.  This didn't take too long or any crazy materials, just some water and ice.

First thing you need to do is put some VERY HOT water in a glass jar.  I recommend using something a tad more clear then the one we used.  It was a little hard to see the "rain" with the crystal design on the jar.

Anyway, hot water in jar and then put a plate on top of the jar.  Leave it like that for about 5 minutes.  Now, add a bunch of ice cubes on the top of the plate.  It doesn't take too long, after a few minutes you will see the water collecting on the bottom of the plate and it will start to RAIN and water will drip down the sides of the jar.  

Gloria was really amazed by this.  So fun!
Hot water in the jar, plate sitting on top. 

Ice added, rain has already begun.  It was really hard to get a picture of it because of the kind of jar we used. 
This was her watching and waiting patiently for the rain to start.  She is such a gem!

No comments:

Post a Comment