Weather Station
including wood frame housing, max-min indicator, mercury thermometer and a lab grade calibration thermometer. Door is key locked.
Rainfall Gage
Funnel apparatus with direct reading graduated cylinder and overflow collection cylinder
Cloud Chart - full color wall mounted with cloud identification examples
Soil Test Kit - N-P-K soil qualitative analysis using foil wrapped tablets
Digital pH Meter - battery operated with a bottle of buffered pH 7.00 calibrating solution
Digital TDS Meter - battery operated with a bottle of 447 ppm calibrating solution
Dissolved Oxygen Test Kit - with reagents and titration cylinder
Total Alkalinity Test Kit - with reagents and titration cylinder
Soil Color Identification Kit - booklet with full color tint chips for matching soil color
Soil Auger - for coring a 6 cm diameter hole to a depth of over 1 meter
Meter Tape - 50 meter fiber-glass reinforced cloth measuring tape with handle and handcrank
Hydrometer - lab grade for solutions of s.g. 1.000 - 1.070
Thermometers - Soil Type, dial indicator and lab grade metal enclosed glass with alcohol indicator
Laboratory hardware such as plastic and glass100 ml and 500 ml graduate cylinders, sample containers, 2mm screen sieve, eye droppers, flagging pins
Homemade equipment; inclinometer, collimation device, secci disc, and turbidity tube
Supplies that the school needs to obtain
Distilled water (5 to 10 liters per semester)Dishwasher Soap (Calgon. Cascade, etc for use as a flocculant in soils testing)
5-10 liter (1 - 2 gallon) bail bucket with rope connected to the bail for water sampling
A one meter long piece of 4 inch diameter PVC drain pipe with two caps for soil sampling
Disposable plastic bags or food storage containers for preserving soil moisture specimens