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Comparing Amount of Rainfall in Different Geographical Areas

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Third graders create rain gauges and take them home. Individually, they record the rainfall amounts at all of their homes over a 2-week period and then bring the data back to class so they can compare the different amounts of rainfall that occurred over a relatively small geographic area.

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Grade
3rd
Subjects
Science
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Duration
14 days
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning

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