Weather Experiments

Weather 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.

Cloud in a Bottle: Make a cloud in a bottle!

Make a Weather Station: Measure the wind, air pressure, rainfall and temperature

Glue Stick Sunset: Learn about atmospheric scattering

Pie-Pan Convection: Create convection cells with soapy water and a heat source.

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!

Super Sparker: Make very tiny lightning

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