Here are a few projects that may help you occupy time. These projects are easy to do. Many of these projects are instruments that will help you in studying weather. Get a few of your friends or members of your family to help you. A rain gauge is used to keep a record on how much it rains. transparent disposable plastic bottle, scissors or blade, sticky tape, tin or flower pot, marker First, cut the top of the plastic bottle. Turn the upper part of the bottle into the lower part of the bottle. Stick small strips to connect the upper half of the bottle to the lower half. Using the marker, mark a few horizontal lines every 10 mm (1 cm). Place the rain gauge into the tin or flower pot. Try to make the rain gauge secure or tight by putting stones inside the tin or bot surrounding the rain gauge. Finally place the finished rain gauge in an open area. Try to measure the water in the rain gauge consistently. For instance, every Sunday morning. After you measure the water, empty the rain gauge. The barometer is used to measure air pressure. Air pressure can help us predict weather. When the air pressure is low, it is usually means that stormy weather is approaching. jam jar, long necked bottle, coloured water (water added with colouring or paint), marker You have to do this project on a stormy day, where the air pressure is low. First of all, fill half of the jam jar with the coloured water. Place the long necked bottle upside down in the jam jar. The bottle should rest on the rim of the jar and the mouth of the bottle shouldn't touch the bottom of the jar. Draw a thin fine line at the same level of the water. Leave the barometer in a place where the temperature is constant and don't move the barometer around too much. You will notice that on stormy days, the water level drops and when the weather is fine, the water level would be higher. An anemometer is used to measure wind speed. 3 paper cups of 1 design, one paper cup of another design, two strips of cardboard (roughly 5 cm x 30 cm), 1 piece of A5 paper (half the size of A4), scissors, 1 long nail, a ruler, sticky tape Arrange the two strips of cardboard to form a cross. Use sticky tape to stick both the strips together, Punch the nail through the middle of the cross and leave the nail there. Cut two slits lengthwise on the opposite sides of each cup. Slide in the cup through the cardboard. Let the ends stick out a bit. Then make a tube using the A5 paper by rolling it around a pencil. Make sure the tube won't unroll by sticking the sides of the tube with sticky tape. Push the nail in the cross into the tube. Hold the anemometer by the tube. When you want to measure the speed of wind, count the number of times the odd cup passes you every 30 seconds. Divide that number with 150 and you get the speed of wind in miles per hour. You can make your own rainbow in your own garden. hose, tap, sun light, open outdoor area First of all find an open outdoor area, preferably a garden with a tap, at around noon. Connect the hose with the tap. Turn the tap on and face your back towards the sun. You will see a so called rainbow which uses the same concept as a real one.