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Wednesday: May 30, 2012

Science Experiment: Making Rain

Question: What will happen when we cover a jar of warm water with a plate and then place ice cubes on top of the plate?

Hypothesis:

Essay: The stones (ice cubes) will melt.

Trista: It’s going to rain.

Isaiah: Nothing.

Fedness: The stones (ice cubes) will turn to water.

Buumba: It’s warm inside.

Isaiah: The cold stones will be warm.

Procedure:

1. Pour warm water into a glass jar.

2. Cover the jar with a ceramic plate.

3. Let stand for a minute, then place ice cubes on the plate.

4. Observe as rain forms and falls down the sides of the glass.

Observations:

Teacher: What do you see happening inside the jar?

Trinida: The water is flowing from the top.

Trista: (Pointing to the drops of water on the side of the jar)There is water.

Trista: It looks like rain.

Chilala: The stones are melting.

Isaiah: There is light shining inside the jar.

Buumba: Water is flowing from the top.

Ovius: The water is shining.

Isaiah: Water is flowing from the top.

Fedness: Water is dropping down the side.

Teacher: What does this remind you of that we often see outside?

Trinida: Rain.

Ovius: Clouds.

Buumba: Rain.

Teacher: Yes…nice thinking everyone, we did make rain inside this jar!

Conclusion:

Teacher: Boys and girls, what happened when we covered the warm water with the plate and then placed the cold stones on top of it?

All: It rained.

Teacher: What did we need to make it rain?

Trinida: Hot water.

Fedness: Hot inside.

Isaiah: Cold on top.