Rain Week Day 1

Rain week has begun! Our campers started their week off preparing for the water journey ahead. We asked our eager campers, How do we prepare for a journey? We met our team, learned about our tools, and mapped out where we’ll go! We decorated notebooks and glued in our map so we know where we are going!

Ella S. captured this picture of them getting the rain water

Sadie F. got a picture of them taking a picture of the drain!

Rishi K got a selfie into his photo collection

Water Journals and cameras were assigned to each student, enabling them to properly document their observations along the way. Teacher Madeline guided campers through some water testing with week old rainwater captured in jars outside the Learning and Environmental Sciences Building on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus. We asked Where along our journey can we sample water? and How do we think the water will change through its journey?

After lots of selfies and meeting new friends, to start the week long water journey, campers gathered around a storm drain along Buford Avenue to pour water through the grates, not yet knowing where it will flow next.

Campers recited a poem written by Jonee Kulman Brigham that gave them an idea of what to expect in the coming week on their water journey:

 

Follow the Rain

When the rain falls from the sky

It waters plants and ponds nearby

But on roof and streets, the rain

Runs off and travels down the drain

What happens next? Where does it go?

We’ll follow rain to find it’s flow.