Measuring Rain

Part 4

Daily Objective

Meteorologists use rain gauges to measure how much rain or snow has fallen.

Vocabulary

Rain gauge - A tool used to measure the amount of rainfall

Introduction

Cumulus and Stratus clouds bring rain sometimes. Today we are going to look at a new weather instrument called a rain gauge. This is a tool that is used to measure rain.

Observations and Discussions

It needs to be in a place where there isn’t anything hanging over it. An overhang would not allow the gauge to collect all the fallen rain.

Where would be a good place to put the rain gauge?

The rain gauge catches falling rain. As more rain falls, the water level goes up. The scale on the gauge measures the amount of rain that has fallen.

Lets go outside and set up our rain gauge.

After it rains we will see how much it has rained.

Vocabulary Review

Rain gauge - A tool used to measure the amount of rainfall

What We Learned

You can tell it is going to rain when the clouds are __________ and __________.

You use a ____________________ to

measure how much rain has fallen.

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Rain gauge