JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Here’s a simple weather-related science experiment your kids might like, it helps them see how raindrops form and fall from clouds.

This is exactly how clouds form in the real atmosphere. Warm, moist air rises, cools, and condenses onto tiny particles like smoke, dust, even sea salt, which creates the clouds we see in the sky.

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Clouds form when the sun heats up water and the water turns from a liquid into a vapor. Water vapor collects around dust, pollen, and other particles in the air and becomes tiny water droplets.

But, if you watch this great video on how clouds form by my friends at Minute Earth, you’ll understand exactly how this all works. There were two parts in that video that I want to emphasize.

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