Weather Supply List

Making a Barometer

• 1 drinking straw
• 1 large-mouth jar
• 1 large balloon (11 inch diameter or larger
• Duct tape or very large rubber bands
• Tape
• Paper
• Manila file folder
• Toothpick
• Marker

Making a Humidity Monitor

• White drawing paper or white coffee filter paper
• 10% cobalt chloride in water (Approximately 5 grams in 50 milliliters of water.)
• Scissors
• Goggles
• Double sided tape
• Tongs or large tweezers
• Hair dryer
• Spray bottle
• Water
• Shallow disposable foil baking pan

Making Clouds

• Clear 2 Liter bottle with a screw-on top
• Warm water
• Match

Model of Water Cycle

• Water cycle model (Fisher Science Education CVS45140A)
• 60 Watt Light
• Water
• Salt
• Ice

Plants and Weather

• Celery or white flower
• Potted plant
• Clear plastic bag
• String or large rubber band
• Glass
• Food coloring

Rain Gauge

• 2 Liter plastic bottle
• Marbles or rocks
• Duct tape
• Small-width colored tape
• Scissors
• Ruler

Tornado!

• Hot plate
• Round metal baking dish (8 inch diameter)
• Water
• Cardboard tube, 2-3 feet long, 4-inch diameter
• Wooden kitchen matches
• Black Construction Paper, 2 - 7 ½ inch squares and 4- 9-inch X 1-inch rectangles
• Tape
• Tornado box

Weather Fronts

• Aquarium
• Water
• Red and blue food coloring
• 2 plastic beakers
• Washers

Wind Vane and Anemometer

• 2 colors of cardstock
• Modeling clay
• Double-sided tape
• Straw
• Scissors
• Protractor
• 1 wooden barbecue skewer, cut in 2 pieces about 3 ½" from the pointed end
• Ruler
• Marker
• Pen