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Freebie Friday – Rainy day science activities

Freebie Friday –  Rainy day science activities

Freebie Friday – Rainy day science activities

For our first Freebie Friday we are giving you 2 awesome weather-related science activities!

Tornado in a jar

Tornado in a jar swirlingTornado-Jar-2MATERIALS:

  •  tall clear jar (no ridges) with lid
  • dish-washing liquid
  • glitter
  • water

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Fill 3/4 of the jar with water.
  2. Put a small drizzle of dish-washing liquid in the jar.
  3. Add roughly a teaspoon of glitter.
  4.  Screw the lid on nice and tight.
  5.  Shake the jar to mix the ingredients, then swirl the jar around.
  6.  Hold the jar steady and watch the tornado in the jar.

A demonstration can be found below.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9OmmqtoM_k[/embed]

 

 

Make lightning

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MATERIALS:

  • disposable round aluminium foil tray
  • small piece of wool fabric
  • styrofoam plate
  • pencil with a new rubber on top
  • drawing pin

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1.  Push the drawing pin through the middle of the tray from the bottom.
  2. Push the rubber end of the pencil into the drawing pin.
  3. Place the plate upsidedown on a table. Rub it with the wool for 30 seconds.
  4. Pick up the foil tray (holding the pencil) and place it on top of the plate.
  5. Touch the aluminium with your finger—you should receive a shock!     If nothing happens, go back to step 3 and repeat.
  6. Turn out the lights and see if you can see a spark of lightning pass between the tray and you!

Have a look at the below YouTube video for a similar demonstration.

[embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ig-AjtZ8oc[/embed]

For more great science activities have a look at our Science range.

To download these fun acitivies plus two more click the link below.

download rainy day science activities

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