The Green Parent
Raising kids with conscience
8 Mar 2009
Take a rain check
Today's experiment involves a bit of weather science. When the raindrops are streaming down the windowpane and the gutters are rushing with small rivers, it's the perfect time to get outside and take a rain check. Read on to find out how.
What you need:
Bucket (with no holes!)
Permanent marker
Notebook
Pull on some wellies and macs and get outside today to make a rain gauge. Take an old bucket and mark centimetres inside with a permanent marker. Place in an open space outside and every day take a rain level reading. Keep a note of your readings and also weather observations in your notebook. After a few weeks of collecting data you may start to notice some patterns and be able to predict the weather a few hours in advance.
Melissa Corkhill is the editor of The Green Parent magazine, mother of two and author of the book Green Parenting
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