It is now May, but there are still plenty of spring showers around to keep the kids indoors. There are some weather-related activities you can do with them to not only keep them occupied (thus saving your sanity), but also provide some education on rain and water cycles. For younger tykes, one idea is to help them create their own homemade rain gauge using such household materials such as an empty 2 liter bottle and rocks. For older kids that may be more interested in just the amount of rain, using a few more household ingredients such as cotton balls and glass jars can provide a home experiment in the water cycle including condensation and evaporation. I recall being inspired years ago from a similar experiment on Mr. Wizard.
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