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6. Investigate how you can measure rainfall

Mission Objectives

Make comparisons about the amount of rainfall over 5 weeks

Draw a graph to show the amount of rainfall over 5 weeks

Draw a graph and write a conclusion explaining my results

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Key Words

Words and meanings to learn

measuring

recording how much of something there is

record

writing something down

rainfall

the amount of rain

results

the outcome of an experiment

graph

a way of showing the results of an experiment

Required Resources

Resources: The rainwater collected over 5 weeks and writing and colouring resources.

Core Handout (2): A graph showing weeks 1-5 along the x axis and rainfall in ml along the y axis. The children can colour in a square on the graph for each ml of rainwater collected.

Challenge Handout (4): On the same sheet, there are lines included at the bottom for the children to summarise and explain their results.

(Note: the second page of the handout contains some supplied data. This page can be used instead of page 1 if the experiment doesn't work.)

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