Making a cloud - A science experiment

This week in Autahi we have been thinking like a scientist. The first thing a scientist needs to do is make a prediction about what they think might happen. We had read that clouds are formed from water vapour and wanted to find out more.

So when Carl, Beth and Brooke left a kettle in the middle of the mat, it naturally generated lots of questions. We had to think about what would happen to the water inside the kettle when we switched it on.

As you can see above we made a prediction based on what we already knew about kettles.

Next chief scientist Carl moved everyone away from the danger zone and turned the kettle on. We used a metal tray to see what we would find coming out of the kettle.

After discovering the water that had been collected on the lid we talked about how water heats to make steam and then cools again to turn back into water. 

While there was some disappointment that it didn't rain inside the classroom, we still had lots of fun being scientists and finding out through experimenting. 

We will continue exploring more science as we explore the domains of more of the Atua through our inquiry. Stay tuned to the blog for more as we continue our scientific journeys.