History and Geography
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History and Geography
You will need:
a plastic bottle, a piece of paper ruled in centimetres, a pair of scissors and some glue.
Follow the steps below:
1. Cut the plastic bottle in two halves. 2. Place the top half of the bottle on
the bottom half as shown in gure
above.
3. Stick the ruled paper to the
bottom half.
How to make a rain gauge.
Activity 3.5
Record the amount of rainfall in the table below.
DAY DATE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL (MM)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Using your rain gauge, measure the daily amount of rainfall for a week.
Activity 3.6
The rain gauge is now ready for use. Place it in
an open space in the school yard.
The amount of rainfall can be measured daily
by reading the millimetre scale. 1cm = 10 mm.
Make sure you empty the bottle after your
daily measurement.