Today we spoke about the dry season.
We pointed out that Trinidad and Tobago has two: Dry season and Rainy Season.

Today our focus was evaporation. Show this picture to your children, talk to them about it and ask them to draw it for you. Make sure they can identify that the thing on the ground is a glass with water in it.  Pay attention to how they hold their crayon/pencil.

To further your children’s concept of evaporation try the following experiment.

NB: It is important that your children do this experiment as it is part of the larger topic, “The Water Cycle”

Evaporation

Question: Will the water stay in the cup?

Apparatus

1. Five (or more) see-through cups/glasses
2. A marker or masking tape
3. Water

Procedure

1. Fill a small amount (2 table spoons or so) of water into each cup.
2. Mark the level of the water with your tape or marker. (Do this on a flat surface.)
3. Place one cup in the fridge.
4. Place another cup somewhere inside. (Away from a window or fan/air conditioning)
5. Place thee cups outside making sure at least one stays in the sun.
6. Leave the cups there for the day.
7. Return to check on the cups at 1:00pm, 3:00pm and 5:00pm
8. Observe the level of the water.

Discuss the results.