A few weather experiments

This evening Nathan and I got out the weather book we'd picked up at the library a few days back.

First up we attempted to make our own "cloud".

Then decided to make "rain".

(his face wasn't right over the steam as it kind of appears in the photo).

The first experiment didn't make any obvious cloud, but we saw rain running down the inside of the bottle, so in effect was a similar idea to the 2nd experiment due to the hot temperature from below (#1 was boiling water in a bottle and #2 steam rising from a boiling kettle) rising to join with a cold temperature (#1 frozen block of hummus on top of the bottle and #2 a chilled ladle from the freezer).

It was fun though and it made sense to him since he's been very interested for months about the water cycle.