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Rain, Rain Investigation

1. Planning
a) What are we going to investigate?

We are going to investigate what happens to water

when it falls on different surfaces.
b) How will we investigate it?

We will pour water on different surfaces to observe

what happens.
c) What will we keep the same?

We will keep the amount of water we pour on each

surface the same.
c) What will we change?

We will change the surface we test.

d) What will we observe?

We will observe if the water soaks in or runs off

the surfaces we test.

2. Prediction
Surface

Soaks in

Runs off

Paving
Sand
Soil
Tanbark
Grass
Sloping areas
3. Observations
Complete the Rain, Rain table.
4. Conclusion

a) What do you think happens to the rain that soaks

into the ground? Where does it go?
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b) What do you think happens to rain that runs off?

Where does it go?
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