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Cloud in a bottle

Want to make your own cloud? Watch Met Office meteorologist Alex Deakin show you how using a plastic bottle, water and some matches.

If you try this out for yourself at home, please be careful, particularly around the potential fire risk when using the matches. We recommend you complete the experiment well away from flammable materials, in a room with a high ceiling, or even better, do the experiment outside.

There’s a worksheet to accompany the video demonstration in the files section below.

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