The Rain Cup Under the Awning

Chapter 1Before the Rain

For a teacher-led weather project, Rebbi set out two matching approved rain containers in the school courtyard.

He handled placement and weather safety himself. The boys watched from the permitted sheltered area.

One container stood in the open collection spot. The other was beneath an awning.

Rebbi asked the class what might be different after the rain.

Yanky said the two would hold the same amount because the courtyard was so small.

He wrote that prediction on his own worksheet.

Chapter 2The Lower Line

After the weather was safe, Rebbi brought both containers inside.

The one from the open spot held more water. The sheltered one held very little.

Yanky looked at his prediction.

"It must have rained less on that side."

His friend Dovy pointed to the awning shown in the teacher's courtyard diagram.

"That container was covered."

"It was still in the courtyard," Yanky said.

He began to write that the rain had been weaker near the wall.

Chapter 3Above the Container

Rebbi asked Yanky to show where each container had stood.

The boy marked the two spots on the supplied diagram.

Then the teacher asked what lay directly above the lower-reading container.

Yanky drew the awning edge.

It had kept much of the falling rain from reaching that opening.

The lower amount told him what the container collected there. It did not by itself show weaker rain in the sky above that side of the courtyard.

Chapter 4Change the Explanation

Yanky crossed out his unsupported weaker-rain sentence on the draft.

He wrote that one container had been sheltered and therefore had not collected rain like the open one.

Rebbi checked the wording.

Dovy held the diagram flat with permission while Yanky added a clear label for the awning.

Yanky kept his original prediction visible in the practice section. A wrong prediction could be compared with the result; it did not need to disappear beneath a new answer.

Chapter 5A Fairer Comparison

Rebbi planned another approved classroom comparison for a later safe weather period.

This time he would check matching containers in suitable open spots, clear of roofs, trees, and other obstructions.

The boys would not climb, enter unsafe weather, or set up measures alone.

Yanky helped draw the planned locations on the teacher's paper map.

He asked about the space above each opening before guessing what its water line would show.

The arrangement belonged in the explanation too.

Chapter 6What the Low Line Meant

At sharing time, Yanky showed both diagrams.

"I first said it rained less near the wall," he told the class. "I hadn't included the awning. The container was sheltered."

Rebbi retained the containers and handled cleanup.

Yanky put the checked worksheet in his folder.

The low water line was still useful. It had taught him to look above the cup before making a claim about the whole sky.