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Weather instruments

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Students explore weather instruments. In this weather lesson, students make rain gauges, anemometers, and barometers following the instructions given in the lesson. Students set up a weather station using their instruments and record and graph weather data for 2 weeks. Students discuss information displayed on their graphs and relate precipitation to saturation..

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rain gauge, rain, weather instruments, weather, anemometers, barometers, precipitation

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anemometer, barometer, precipitation, rain gauge, saturation, weather instruments, math
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
14 days
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning

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