Making a Rain Gauge
Added: 01 Nov 2020
Contributor:
Niamh Carroll
Resource type:
Activity
An instructional text to support the making of a rain gauge. Suitable for 3rd-6th class. Based on the Irish Water video - Our Changing Climate and Conservation - available at https://tinyurl.com/y67yjhxm
How it maps to the curriculum
Strand: Natural Environments
Strand unit: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- record and display simple weather observations in systematic way using graphs, charts and common meteorological symbols
- use simple equipment to observe and record weather phenomena
Suggestions for use: For use in conjunction with Irish Water's video series 'The Story of Water', available on Youtube.
Strand: Natural Environments
Strand unit: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- record and display simple weather observations in systematic way using graphs, charts and common meteorological symbols
- use simple equipment to make detailed weather observations and recordings of phenomena
Suggestions for use: For use in conjunction with Irish Water's video series 'The Story of Water', available on Youtube.
- 3-4
- English
Strand: Writing
Strand unit: 6. Purpose, Genre & Voice
Suggestions for use: Exemplar text for instructional writing
