2A: Study puddles after it rains

 

Draw a simple map of your site in the space below. Visit your site the day after it has rained. Check in the newspaper for the amount of rainfall the day before. Draw around each puddle with chalk. Put pennies in each puddle to see how deep each one is. Next to each puddle write in chalk how many pennies deep it is. Transfer your chalk drawings to your maps. Then answer the questions below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How many puddles did you find? __________ What areas had a lot of puddles? _________How deep was your deepest puddle? _________ Where was it? ________________________________ How many inches of rainfall did you have yesterday? ____ Where do you think the low point of your site is?____________ Where do you think the high point is? __________________________

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