Measuring the Rain!

Last week, the kids had a great time learning how meteorologists measure rainfall.  We learned that the average yearly rainfall in Arlington Heights is about 90 cm per year!  The children loved seeing our classroom rain gauge for the first time.  We took it outside, sprayed water to see how the drops collect in the gauge and filled it to practice reading the measurements.  We then found the perfect spot in our courtyard and put the rain gauge in place.  We have checked on it frequently!  Today when we checked there was a quarter of a cm of rain.