We recently took a trip to the zoo. It was home school day so there were a few extra activity stations set up around for kids to participate in. One of them was a craft station, where students used an empty water bottle to make their own rain gauge.
The boys and I enjoyed it so much that I wanted share it as a fun and educational way to re-purpose a water bottle!
MATERIALS:
•empty water bottle
•2
craft sticks
•rain
gauge ruler
•clear
packing tape
•scissors
•nature
stickers (optional)
1. Remove the bottle cap and cut off the top part right below where
it begins to
taper. Adult supervision/help is
recommended.
2. Turn the top part upside down and put it (spout first) into the bottom part. Use clear
packing tape to secure the 2 parts.
3. Tape craft sticks to each side of the bottle to provide an anchor to hold
the gauge in place in the ground.
4. Use a large piece of clear packing tape to adhere the
ruler to the
bottle. Make
sure to place it where it can be seen from the front of the bottle.
Cover the whole ruler with tape to make it as water-
proof as
possible. If it's too long you can cut off an inch or two.
5. OPTIONAL: Add fun nature stickers to your rain gauge, making sure
not to cover up the
ruler to it can be seen to measure rain.
***Click HERE to get a hard copy of these instructions and a classroom set of printable rulers!
Don't know what to do with all those leftover bottle caps? Don't throw them away! Check out these super fun ideas:
Bottle Cap Math Facts
Bottle Cap Fishies
Bottle Cap Contractions
Subtraction Slide Math Game
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