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Precipitation Protocols
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The purpose of this activity is to determine the amount of moisture input to the local environment by measuring rain and snowfall and to measure the pH of precipitation. To do so students use a rain gauge and a snowboard to measure the daily amount of precipitation. Special pH measuring techniques for precipitation are used to determine the pH of rain and melted snow. Intended outcomes are that students will understand that precipitation is measured in depth and this depth is assumed to apply to a large area, that precipitation has a pH that can vary, and that snow is an input of water to the surface just like rain and each snowfall is equivalent to some amount of rainfall. Supporting background materials for both student and teacher are included. Educational levels: Primary elementary, Intermediate elementary, Middle school, High school- Learning materials:Field activity
- Learning materials:Instructor guide
- InteractiveResource
- Atmospheric science
- Environmental science
- Human geography
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 5-8:Content Standard A Science as Inquiry Standards:Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 5-8:Content Standard A Science as Inquiry Standards:Understanding about scientific inquiry
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 5-8:Content Standard B Physical Science Standards:Properties and changes of properties in matter
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 9-12:Unifying Concepts and Processes Standards:Change, constancy, and measurement
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 9-12:Unifying Concepts and Processes Standards:Evidence, models, and explanation
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 9-12:Content Standard A Science as Inquiry Standards:Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 9-12:Content Standard A Science as Inquiry Standards:Understandings about scientific inquiry
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 9-12:Content Standard B Physical Science Standards:Chemical reactions
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 9-12:Content Standard B Physical Science Standards:Structure and properties of matter
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): K-4:Unifying Concepts and Processes Standards:Change, constancy, and measurement
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): K-4:Unifying Concepts and Processes Standards:Evidence, models, and explanation
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): K-4:Content Standard A Science as Inquiry Standards:Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): K-4:Content Standard A Science as Inquiry Standards:Understanding about scientific inquiry
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): K-4:Content Standard B Physical Science Standards:Properties of objects and materials
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): K-4:Content Standard D Earth and Space Science Standards:Properties of earth materials
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 5-8:Unifying Concepts and Processes Standards:Change, constancy, and measurement
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 5-8:Unifying Concepts and Processes Standards:Evidence, models, and explanation
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Last time updated on 27/06/2012
This paper was published in Digital Library for Earth System Education.
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