Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Outdoor Hour Challenge #40 Weather #2

This morning we had just a few clouds that we labeled cirrostratus. Although there were only a few clouds in the sky they were unusual clouds.
It looked like when you take an eraser and rub it in a straight line across a blue background, which is what we did to get the same effect on our notebook page.
Then we checked our outdoor weather station to find the temperature, wind speed and direction, and precipitation.


We copied all this information onto the great notebooking page that Barb provided for us. This challenge was specifically a seasonal challenge. Therefore we will be repeating the same exercises each season to compare the differences in the weather. We are already looking forward to the winter challenge and plan to record our findings on a snow day.



This is a rain gauge that the boys just had to have. They reasoned that they could read it from the inside of the house on a rainy day.




2 comments:

Barb said...

I love your weather station. I want one too....I will have to see what I can do to make that happen.

We have a portable one that my firefighter husband uses and we can borrow but yours is perfect for the backyard.

Glad you like the notebook page...I did it all by myself. :)

Thanks for sharing.
Barb-Harmony Art Mom

One of the Callarmans said...

This is our second backyard weather station. The first one wasn't made very well, but this one has lasted. We ordered it from sciencekit.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Rachel