Weather experiments you can do at home

Last week, I showcased a few weather experiments since many of us are at home and more and more kids are trying to learn from home. This week I have three easy weather experiments kids can do at home with materials around the house.

The first experiment involves blowing up a balloon on a bottle using baking soda and vinegar. Here is what you need.

1. Third of a cup of baking soda

2. A funnel

3. One cup of vinegar

4. Plastic soda or water bottle

5. A balloon.

1. Use the funnel to add 1/3 cup baking soda to the inside of a balloon.

2. Fill the plastic bottle with approximately 1 cup vinegar.

3. Attach the balloon to the mouth of the plastic bottle, then lift the balloon upright so the baking soda falls and causes the reaction.

So how does it work? The vinegar and the baking soda mix together to make an acid-base reaction. The reaction creates carbon dioxide gas that bubbles up from the mixture. The gas expands up and out of the bottle and inflates the balloon.

The next experiment will show you how to make your very own tornado in a bottle. Here is what you will need.

1. Plastic soda or water bottle

2. Water

3. Dish soap

4. Glitter, optional

To make the tornado in a bottle. Fill the bottle about 3/4 full with water, then add 2-3 drops of dish soap. Lastly, add glitter or pieces of the bottle wrapper to the water.

Now turn the bottle upside down and rotate in a circular motion with your wrist and a funnel should appear. Sometimes you may need to wait until the suds from the soap subside from the first attempt before trying again.

The last experiment this week is a simple rain in a cup experiment. For this experiment, you will need:

1. A small cup half filled with water

2. Shaving cream

3. Food coloring.

Here is what you need to do. Spray shaving cream over the water. The thinner the layer of shaving cream the better. The shaving cream will act as the cloud. Now add a few drops of food coloring to the edges of the shaving cream, and soon colorful rain will fall through the water in the cup.

The food coloring may take some time to work through the shaving cream, and you may need to move some shaving cream out of the way to make it easier for the food coloring to reach the water.

Here is a video of all the experiments to see what I did.

I hope you enjoy these experiments.

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