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It's Rainin', It's Pouring

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Students take a quick examine part of the water cycle, and the combined gas laws. The lesson lead them through the conditions necessary for cloud formation and allow them to create clouds in three different hands-on activities.

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rainfall, rain, clouds, pressure, volume

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clouds, pressure, rainfall, volume, science
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Grade
2nd - 4th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
3 hrs
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
Technology
Video
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