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Make Your Own Weather Station DLESE Reviewed Collection
http://www.fi.edu/weather/todo/todo.html
From Digital Water Ed Library (DWEL)
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Become an amateur meteorologist by building your own weather station and keeping a record of your measurements. Older students can independently follow instructions on how to build five different instruments (barometer, hygrometer, rain gauge, weather vane, and compass). Younger students will need adult supervision with hammer and nails.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Intermediate (3-5)
  • Middle (6-8)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Lab activity
Subject:
  • Atmospheric science
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright 1995 - 2003, The Franklin Institute Science Museum , All rights reserved.
DLESE Catalog ID: DWEL-000-000-000-165
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • K-4:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Change, constancy, and measurement
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
        • Understanding about scientific inquiry
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: The Franklin Institute Online
http://www.fi.edu