“STEM” stands for science, technology, engineering and math. STEM can refer to the subjects individually or one or more working together, but can also mean a way of doing things that includes solving problems, asking questions, and exploring the world around us. 

Weather is an amazing. It is just the sort of real world thing that gets kids excited about learning and STEM. They can see weather. They can feel it, hear it, and touch it. 
Teacher Lauren will introduce the water cycle though a fun power point. This allows moments for class discussion. We will learn words and meanings associated with the water cycle. 

Activity #1
Rain is a part of the water cycle. Our first question is "What’s the water cycle?" ( It’s the pattern of how water moves through our environment.)
The sun heats water on Earth and causes it to evaporate into a gas. This gas collects in the sky as clouds. The water in the clouds then condenses, or turns back into a liquid, and falls back to the Earth as rain.
It can be hard to see the whole water cycle in action, but you can make a smaller model. We will take a zip lock bag and make a water cycle. 
This activity you will set up and leave on a window for a few days. It takes time for water to evaporate, but you can check back throughout the day to see different parts of the water cycle. 

During a transition activity we will be singing the water cycle song.

Activity #2 
Shaving Cream Rain Clouds
Another way to make it rain is a easy sensory experiment called shaving cream rain clouds. This activity shows what happens with real clouds. The water droplets gets heavier and heavier until they fall down as rain.