Rainy Day Experiment

Every kid loves their time outside to run around. Sometimes it’s hard for them to understand how rain works and why it is important. All they know is that if it is raining outside, they can’t go play. Here is a fun way to teach children about the process of rain and the importance of it.

Items needed:

• Clear vase
• Food coloring
• Shaving cream
• 4 Small containers (holds 1 to 2 ounces of water)
• Water
• Eye dropper

Step 1: Add 1 ounce of water to each of your small containers. Add different colors of food coloring to the small containers (1 color per container). It is recommended that you use 10 drops of each color, and when using purple use only 5 drops.

Step 2: Fill a clear glass with water about 2/3 full, then top it off with a decent amount of shave cream.

Step 3: Using the eyedropper, drop the different colors of water onto the shave cream cloud. Keep in mind the closer you drop to the edge, the faster it will appear as rain from the cloud.

Tip: This is the perfect time to teach your class that the water is like the air and the shaving cream is like the clouds. As the clouds get saturated with water they produce rain.