The slope of the land is an important feature when considering the erosion that will occur. In this resource, which is part of a rain garden unit, learners calculate the slope of the proposed garden site. Even if you are not planning a...

Demonstrate how rain is measured. Pupils will use a rain gauge to measure the amount of rainfall during one week. Then record the data and discuss the results.

Students explore weather instruments. In this weather instructional activity, students make rain gauges, anemometers, and barometers following the instructions given in the instructional activity. Students set up a weather station using...

What are the chances that there will be rain and lighting today? Use this activity to study independent and dependent probabilities with your class.  Learners explore the differences between P(A and B) and P(A or B) using mock...

Most appropriate if you are applying the entire unit to build a rain garden at your school, this installment involves calculating the area that will drain into it. Your garden planners will need data from previous lessons, so this one...

Will it rain during the weekend? Pupils become meteorologists for a day as they use the assessment to determine the chance of rain for Saturday and Sunday. Class members interpret the weather statements as they pertain to probabilities...

It's raining math problems! Use this multiplication and division skills practice on a rainy day as scholars fill in water drops to complete number sentences. They fill in products, factors, dividends, divisors, and quotients to solve...

Students explore mathematics by participating in a nature measurement activity. In this rain lesson, students discuss the appropriate methods used in order to measure rain downpour. Students utilize a plastic bottle, tape, stones...

In this rain forest learning exercise, students use different basic math skills to calculate the percentage of Earth covered by rain forests today compared to fifty years ago. They study the effects of how cutting down trees contributes...

Fourth graders study the water cycle and clouds. In this water cycle and cloud lesson, 4th graders determine the definition of condensation and watch a demonstration in which the teacher makes a cloud in a bottle. They discuss the water...

Explain how acid rain is measured. They discover how acid rain is monitored in the United States. They compare locally measured pH or rain with that of Great Smoky mountains. They perform Ph tests on rainfall they collect.

Sixth graders gather and graph information regarding the pH of rain. Working cooperatively with an internet partner, 6th graders gather and record information about the pH of the rain in their local area. They graph this information...

Third graders accurately measure the amount of rain in the rain gauge on a given day and create a bar graph of the data collected.

Learners measure the rainfall/snowfall on the playground on a rainy/snowy day with a rain/snow gauge. They draw a bar graph representing the amount of water that fell and observe a satellite image of the clouds and local weather system...

From Brazil to Indonesia, young scientists investigate the geography and climate of the world's tropical rain forests with this collection of worksheets.

Students collect data on causes of Acid Rain. In this science lesson, students simulate the effects that produce acid rain, collect and analyze data from their samples. They relate science and statistics in this lesson.  

Clever! Participants don square-foot cardboard shoes to mark out the rain garden plot that they have spent the last few weeks designing. In this way, they are practicing scale modeling as well! Note that this lesson is part of a unit,...

Thirsty plants soak up every bit of a rainfall, but what happens to the rain that hits the roof? Calculate the amount of rainwater from your school's roof with an Earth science activity, which brings measurement skills, observation...

Introduce the topic of water conservation with a little drama. Dressed as snowflakes, hail stones, or rain drops class members dramatize the events in a narration of the water cycle. The series of lessons that follow focus on...

Find the how long it has been raining based upon the amount of rainfall. Scholars analyze a table of the amount of rainfall as a function of time. Pupils first determine whether the function is invertible, then they find and interpret...

Third graders use metric measuring for model and actual plan in designing a roof garden. They photograph the process, record results in a journal, and plant seedlings in small containers. Finally, 3rd graders complete an acid rain...

Students explore Earth science by participating in a weather identification activity. In this scientific instrument activity, students identify several weather related tools such as the weather vane, thermometer and rain gauge. Students...

Second graders construct a bar graph comparing local precipitation to that of the Yucatan. In this graphing lesson, 2nd graders will use conversions and problem solving strategies.

It's raining (systems of) cats and dogs! The fifth unit in a nine-part course presents systems of equations and inequalities within the context of pets. Scholars use systems of inequalities to represent constraints within situations...