Rain Cloud Science Experiment

How much do your kiddos love science experiments? When the learning can be hands on in preschool, it just kicks it up a notch, doesn’t it? We are into the first week of our Nature unit and we will be talking about weather next week. This cool science experiment, free directions courtesy of Toby & Roo, shows how rain clouds hold onto, then disperse rain.

The experiment requires minimal prep, but packs maximum fun and fascination. You’ll need water, shaving cream, liquid food coloring or liquid water color and (optional) pipettes, plus tall, clear containers. We didn’t use the pipettes because we used liquid water color that we could pour directly onto our shaving cream clouds. We found our inexpensive clear plastic containers at the dollar store.

And, as we did above, if you use primary colors to drop onto your shaving cream “cloud,” you can work in a color mixing lesson to go along with your rain cloud demonstration. Two for one? We love it!