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Weather & seasons

6 discoveries with Puschel and Flauschi.

Six questions about the sky and the year: rain, clouds, wind, snow, rainbows and seasons.

Puschel and Flauschi look through a closed window at rain and a puddle.

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Why does rain fall?

Tiny water droplets or ice particles grow in clouds. When large enough, they fall.

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The Wusels look at pale clouds above a meadow.

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What is inside a cloud?

A visible cloud consists of tiny water droplets, ice crystals or both. They can form when moist air cools.

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Puschel holds one end of a short cloth ribbon; Flauschi watches its fluttering free end and gently moving grasses.

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How do we notice wind?

Wind is moving air. Air presses on its surroundings; this is air pressure.

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Puschel and Flauschi watch light snowfall on a level woodland path.

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How does snow form?

Ice crystals grow in cold clouds. They can join into snowflakes and fall.

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The Wusels view a rainbow above a meadow after a shower.

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Why does a rainbow shine?

Water drops bend sunlight and reflect some inside. This separates its colours.

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Four separate views of the same woodland path show spring, summer, autumn and winter with both Wusels.

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Why do we have seasons?

Earth spins around an imaginary line through its North and South Poles: its axis. This axis is tilted relative to Earth’s path around the Sun.

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