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Create a Cloud in a Bottle

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Meteorology or earth science classes reach for the sky with this lesson plan! You will need to purchase a Fizz Keeper® device and temperature strip for each lab group if you want them to perform this as an activity rather than you doing it as a demonstration. Learners pump the device to alter the pressure inside of a bottle of water, then add suspended particles as surfaces for condensation. As a result they learn the requirements for cloud formation.

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cloud formation, clouds, condensation

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Grade
6th - 9th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Technology
Scientific Equipment
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Creative Commons
BY-NC-SA: 3.0
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