Today we started our lessons about the water cycle. The first part of the water cycle we are studying is evaporation. To help the kids see and understand we did two experiments. First, I plugged in a humidifier. We then observed the water changing to water vapor and disappearing into the air. The kids thought this was very cool. I explained that when you heat water it speeds up evaporation and makes it visible for a short time. Next, we painted pictures with just water. Depending on how much water was used some kids already saw the water start to evaporate. When the kids come in tomorrow we will observe our paintings to see if there is any water left or if it all evaporated. At home please encourage your child to use the word evaporation whenever possible. :)
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