Experiments
Want to learn hands-on about the weather? Need a
science project for school? Try some
of these educational experiments. Experiments with this symbol, 
will require adult help. Please use caution handling
thermometers, hot plates, matches or dry ice. Please read
the DRY ICE SAFETY PAGE before using dry ice.
Blue
Sky: Learn why the sky is blue and the sunset is red.
Cloud
in a Bottle: Make a cloud in a bottle!
Make
a Weather Station: Measure the wind, air pressure, rainfall and
temperature.
Convection
Currents: See how convection currents move in water.
Glue
Stick Sunset: Learn about atmospheric scattering.
Pie-Pan
Convection: Create convection cells with soapy water and a heat
source.
Crush
a Can: Use air pressure to collapse a can!
Build
a Humidity Indicator: Make a hygrometer and use it to indicate
humidity changes. Requires a chemical that must be ordered.
Snowstorm
in a Can: Build your own cold chamber and make it snow!
Magic
Can: Learn about air pressure!
Homemade
Barometer: Watch your barometer's water level change with the
weather!
Marshmallows
Making Funny Faces: Distort a marshmallow using air pressure!
Magical
Inflating Balloons: See what warm and cold air can do to a
balloon.
Plastic
Cups in Love: What makes these two cups move closer together?
Suck
an Egg into a Bottle: Watch an egg get sucked into a bottle!
Homemade
Tornado: Create a tornado in a bottle!
Experiments
with Dry Ice: A few simple experiments using dry ice.
Thunderstorms
and Tornadoes: A collection of experiments dealing with
thunderstorms and tornadoes.
Hair
Hygrometer: Observe changes in humidity using a hair!
Tornado
Simulation Chamber: Create your own tornado! Building this
chamber will require quite a bit of work and some tools.
Super
Sparker: Make very tiny lightning!
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