How Do Clouds Form?

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES

Curiosity trigger

By carrying out experiments in groups, the students will recreate weather phenomena using balloons and a hairdryer. They will participate in a show – an attempt to produce a cloud using simple equipment – a screw-cap bottle, a bicycle valve and a pump.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Teamwork and collaboration skills
Critical thinking and drawing conclusion

In this lesson, you will cover:

You will need

A plastic screw-cap bottle (with a small hole drilled in it), a bicycle valve, a bicycle pump, and a drop of spirit.

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Authors

Author: Ludomir Sawicki Geographers Club at the Jagiellonian University
Methodology: Agnieszka Staroń
Translation: Paweł Fabrowicz
Producer: Klaudia Chmura

Source

This is a modified version of a lesson plan created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. Photo by Omnisource5 - Own work published on wikimedia under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

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