The children did an experiment to observe the process of evaporation. They marked a water level in a plastic cup and filled it with water. After leaving the cup on a windowsill for 5 days, they observed the water disappearing until the cup was empty. Evaporation occurs as water particles warm up and turn into vapor, escaping into the air. In a follow up experiment, wet paper napkins dried when hung in open air, but remained wet when sealed in a plastic bag where the vapor could not escape.