The Weather Belt Loop is a very educational and fun Belt Loop for the boys. The three requirements are:
1. Draw a poster that shows and explains the water cycle. There is a great resource on the KidZone website http://www.kidzone.ws/WATER/index.html
2. Set up a simple weather station to record rainfall, temperature, air pressure, or evaporation for one week. Check out the Franklin Institutes web site http://www.fi.edu/weather/todo/todo.html for instructions on how to make a weather journal, barometer, hygrometer, rain gauge, weather vane and compass.
3. Watch the weather forecast on your local news.
This was a fun activity for the boys and doing some of the experiments that are on these websites really helped demonstrate the water cycle.
1. Draw a poster that shows and explains the water cycle. There is a great resource on the KidZone website http://www.kidzone.ws/WATER/index.html
2. Set up a simple weather station to record rainfall, temperature, air pressure, or evaporation for one week. Check out the Franklin Institutes web site http://www.fi.edu/weather/todo/todo.html for instructions on how to make a weather journal, barometer, hygrometer, rain gauge, weather vane and compass.
3. Watch the weather forecast on your local news.
This was a fun activity for the boys and doing some of the experiments that are on these websites really helped demonstrate the water cycle.
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