... happy to be part of
School Environmental Collaboration and this time - activity on water ...
I have been in SEC
project with full enthusiasm and equally feeling something is lacking in
non-participating teachers and schools that were selected after the review of
the applications.
I have been in touch
with Mr. Yubaraj Adhikari, Principal of Durga Bhawani Adarsha Community Lower
Secondary School (DACS), Kaski, not only for this project but also for further NTNSE projects and developments. We decided to perform this project upon
collaboration.
We asked our pupils to
collect some PET mineral water bottles (1 Liter.) of standard size of
Nepal. We told them that rainfall of 2 parts of Nepal (Thapagaon, Mid
Baneshwor, Kathmandu and Serachour, Dhikurpokhari-9, Kaski) is being measured
by making standard and easy-to-make 'rain gauge'. We asked them to cut the
cone shape (funnel) of the bottle till the first groove and invert it over the
bottle's another part so that water can be collected by the
cut-piece-funnel into the next piece-container and use tape to fix the funnel
in the container (both pieces of PET bottle). Our pupils at Chelsea
International Academy did so and brought 5 samples.
We helped pupils to
keep the apparatus in open place, safe for 48 hours (10:15, 22nd July 2013 - 10:15, 24th July 2013). We measured the rainfall by pouring the collected
water into the measuring cylinder and calculated the average.
We measured 122.66 ml
in our school and Mr Adhikari sent me SMS from DACS; their result was 55.33 ml. We are looking forward to see blog post from Mr Adhikari.
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