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Kitchen sink weather lab

Make rain, fog, and wind with simple kitchen materials, then mix your mini weather systems and see what happens.

Ages 5–1015 minutes2 pages

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A child’s activity page plus a grown-up guide. White background, low-ink artwork.

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Gather a few things.

This sheet, 3 clear cups, water, ice, warm water, straw, spray bottle. Towel.

One useful question

Where did the fog come from? What made it disappear?

WHY THIS WORKS

A little more than a worksheet.

Hands-on weather makes science stick.

Make it gentler

Make just rain: spray water over ice in a cup. Draw it.

Add a little stretch

Predict first, then test. Write P for prediction, R for result.

A good place to stop

Pour the weathers together and watch them settle.

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