Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Rainwater Harvesting Service Learning Project
Students will gain an understanding of a rainwater harvesting system, learn about rainfall patterns and water use for various purposes, then design and build a rainwater collection system for their school.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Burkina Faso: Geography
Read this article to find out about the geography, climate, wildlife, and size of Burkina Faso. From the CIA World Fact Book.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Chad: Geography
A great look at the physical features, climate, and topography of the landlocked country of Chad. Read about the climate zones and wildlife. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Bf Rainfall
For this task, students are asked to analyze a function and its inverse when the function is given as a table of values. In addition to finding values of the inverse function from the table, they also have to explain why the given...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Rain Measurements Tell a Story
Using language arts, math, and measurement skills, elementary young scholars explore rainfall data and learn how to measure precipitation through an interactive story.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Charting the Weather
During this instructional activity, students will gather data from temperature and water gauges set up on the playground to learn about weather patterns. Then students will build a spreadsheet with data related to temperature, wind...
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Rwanda: Geography
Read about the climate, terrain, and rainfall in the country of Rwanda. Information is from the CIA World Fact Book.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Rainshadow
[Free Registration/Login Required] A simple relief map of rainfall.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Water
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students identify water supplies and understand the importance of clean water and how it is used. The use of the atlas to find high rainfall/desert countries is incorporated in the lesson.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: British Isles Vote
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains British Isle questions indicating that student has prior knowledge of British geography, rainfall, temperatures and population. It is intended as an Activote exercise.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: All About Rainforests
Basic information on the rainforests include a definition, the strata, the animals, their location, rainfall, temperature and importance. Content also includes animal printouts, quizzes, a puzzle, and math activities.
Organization for Community Networks
Ofcn: The Influence of Physical Geography: Climate
In this lesson from the Academy Curricular Exchange of the Columbia Education Center, this lesson teaches students to determine the physical geography and climate of the area and how they influence the needs of the population.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Schools Online:knowing Your World: Water Rich Water Poor
"Water Rich Water Poor" emphasizes the importance of water conservation and provides suggestions for conserving water.