The New Indian Express 24.11.2019
Students become rain experts at Masakalipalayam Corporation School
The school headmistress has
tasked class VIII students with taking note of the amount of rainfall
registered on the instrument on a daily basis.
COIMBATORE: The Corporation
Middle School in Masakalipalayam has installed a rain gauge in its
premises to help students better understand how rainfall is calculated
in a region.
The school headmistress has tasked class
VIII students with taking note of the amount of rainfall registered on
the instrument on a daily basis.
They have been provided with a
spreadsheet for the same. Headmistress K Mythili said students are
attracted to the new instrument, so much so that they frequently check
whether the rainfall level has increased.
“Students will record the reading in the rain gauge as a daily activity,” she added.
The school has a total of 320 students.
The school authorities are yet to decide on how to reward students who
come up with daily rain updates.
P Sakthivel, a teacher said the rain
gauge was sponsored by the Residents Awareness Association of Coimbatore
(RAAC) and added that the school might soon get a weather instrument as
well.
“The readings from that instrument will
be displayed to the public to let them know the accurate climatic
conditions,” said Sakthivel.
