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Wonder Lab Activity

The document describes an experiment to test how temperature affects water droplet formation on the sides of glasses. Students are asked to fill one glass with ice water and another with room temperature water, both with food coloring added. They then observe any water droplets that form on the sides of the glasses over half an hour. The independent variable is temperature and the dependent variable is whether water droplets form. The conclusion is that water droplets form on the side of the glass containing the colder ice water, indicating the droplets come from condensation.

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Wonder Lab Activity

The document describes an experiment to test how temperature affects water droplet formation on the sides of glasses. Students are asked to fill one glass with ice water and another with room temperature water, both with food coloring added. They then observe any water droplets that form on the sides of the glasses over half an hour. The independent variable is temperature and the dependent variable is whether water droplets form. The conclusion is that water droplets form on the side of the glass containing the colder ice water, indicating the droplets come from condensation.

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Name

Date Explore

How do water droplets form?


Form a Hypothesis Materials
One of the variables that can affect water droplet 2 glasses
formation is temperature. You will use food coloring
a glass filled with room temperature water and a glass water
filled with ice water to see if water droplets form on the ice
sides of the glasses. Before you begin, write a hypothesis 2 saucers
in the form “If the glass is . . . then water will . . .” salt

Test Your Hypothesis


1 Fill one glass completely with ice. In a separate glass, add a few drops of food
coloring to some cold water and stir. Then pour the water into the glass that is
full of ice.

Fill the empty glass with room temperature water. Add a few drops of food
coloring to the water and stir.

! Sprinkle salt onto each saucer. Then put one glass on each saucer. Let the glasses sit
for half an hour.

" Observe What do you see on the sides of either glass?


Explore Name Date

Draw Conclusions
# Draw Conclusions Are the water droplets dyed? What does this indicate
about where the water droplets came from?

$ Use Variables The independent variable in this experiment was temperature.


What was the dependent variable in this experiment?

% Infer Why do you think water droplets formed where they did?

Explore More
What happened to the salt under the glass with water droplets? Plan and carry out an
experiment that shows where the salt is.

Name Alternative
Date
Explore

Observing the Water Cycle


1 Fill two jars halfway with water and secure the lid.
Materials
Place one jar in a warm, sunny location and the
2 jars with tight- fitting lid
water
ice cubes
other in a cool, dark corner for 30 minutes. Record
your observations during this time.
Quick Lab Name Date

Types of Clouds
1 Predict Which type of clouds do you see most frequently?

Look for clouds in the sky. How many types of clouds do you see?

! Record Data Make a chart to record what you see.

" Classify Do the clouds that you see look like cirrus, cumulus, or stratus clouds?

Cloud Observation

Cirrus Cumulus Stratus

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

# Continue your data collection for one week.

$ Analyze Data Which type of cloud did you see most frequently?

% Communicate Write a report about the types of clouds that you saw. Do you
think you would get different results at a different time of year?

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