My Education Junction

Let’s Make Rain(instead of snow:)

Rain in a jar

What You Will Need

1 large wide mouthed jar

Hot water

1 ruler

1 plastic sandwich bag

1 rubber band

Enough ice cubes or crushed ice to fill the sandwich bag half full

Directions

Fill the jar with approximately 2 inches of hot water. This is meant to represent a miniture tropical ocean. Insert the plastic bag over the top of the jar allowing half the bag to sit inside the jar . Then use a rubber band around the rim of the jar to secure the bag in place. Fill the bag with ice. Within minutes the air in the jar will become cloudy, As the hot water evaporates it will rise meeting the cool air created by the ice cubes. Within 15-20 minutes the water vapor will condense accumulating on the bottom of the bag. Drops of rain will begin to fall in the jar much like how the fall from clouds when the same conditions occur. Have fun!