Climate Resilience - Rainfall and Flooding How Spongy is your School?

Climate Resilience – Rainfall and Flooding

How Spongy Is Our School? 🌱

For our project, we became weather scientists!

• We measured the rainfall every day during our monitoring period.

• We tested the rainwater twice a week to find its pH.

🔍 What Did We Do?

Every day, we went outside to:

• Observe the meniscus (the curved water level in the rain gauge)

• Measure the rainfall

• Record our results in our daily table

Twice a week, we:

• Tested the pH of the rainwater

• Used pH strips and a colour chart

• Matched the colours to find the pH value

🧪 What Did We Discover?

• The average pH of our rainwater was 6.4

This showed us that rainwater is slightly acidic, which is normal.

🌍 What Did We Learn?

Through this project, we learned about:

• Rainfall and weather patterns

• How scientists collect data

• How rainwater can affect flooding

• Why it’s important to make our school more flood-resilient

We learned about weather, rain, and ways to make our school more flood resilient and environmentally friendly.