Rain is just water, right? Not quite! The video explains all of the other things found inside rain. It offers the science behind why rain requires these other item and how without dirt, rain would cease to exist.

Concepts

rain, water, dew points

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Discuss how those tiny particles of dirt in the air accumulate and share this interesting story http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/08/asia/china-pollution-artist/index.html
• Go more in depth on what the dew point is and why it matters

Classroom Considerations

• Content of the video lasts less than two minutes and the rest can be cut off without missing anything

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Includes closed captioning in six different languages
• Simple animations enhance the concepts

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.6-8.4 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4