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Here's how to make one using recycled materials:
Here's how to make a rain gauge using recycled materials:


Materials:
Materials:
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*Ruler
*Ruler


1. Take a plastic bottle, cut off the top at the widest point.   
Procedure:
2. The top is inverted and placed inside the bottom of the bottle, with the two cut edges flush.
*Take a plastic bottle, cut off the top at the widest point.   
3. Find your baseline, where the bottom end of the bottle comes to a consistent circumference, and mark your baseline.  You will fill the bottom with water to the baseline, because most bottles have irregular corrugation towards the bottom of the bottle.
*The top is inverted and placed inside the bottom of the bottle, with the two cut edges flush.
4. Measure and mark centimeter increments up the side of the bottle.
*Find your baseline, where the bottom end of the bottle comes to a consistent circumference, and mark your baseline.  You will fill the bottom with water to the baseline, because most bottles have irregular corrugation towards the bottom of the bottle.
5. Fill the bottom with water to the baseline.
*Measure and mark centimeter increments up the side of the bottle.
6. Place somewhere with full exposure to precipitation, with support to prevent it getting jostled or blown over.
*Fill the bottom with water to the baseline.
*Place somewhere with full exposure to precipitation, with support to prevent it getting jostled or blown over.


=Barometer=
=Barometer=
*Research and development underway.
*Research and development underway.
=Resources=
*[http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=maysville%2C+mo Wunderground Weather]

Revision as of 19:46, 13 July 2012

Rain Gauge

Here's how to make a rain gauge using recycled materials:

Materials:

  • Plastic Bottle
  • Scissors
  • Marker/Tape
  • Ruler

Procedure:

  • Take a plastic bottle, cut off the top at the widest point.
  • The top is inverted and placed inside the bottom of the bottle, with the two cut edges flush.
  • Find your baseline, where the bottom end of the bottle comes to a consistent circumference, and mark your baseline. You will fill the bottom with water to the baseline, because most bottles have irregular corrugation towards the bottom of the bottle.
  • Measure and mark centimeter increments up the side of the bottle.
  • Fill the bottom with water to the baseline.
  • Place somewhere with full exposure to precipitation, with support to prevent it getting jostled or blown over.

Barometer

  • Research and development underway.

Resources

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