Thursday, August 22, 2013

Heat and Weather on the West Delaware Campus.




Yesterday, you used digital thermometers to gather data.  Today we are going to share that data.

  • 1.  Mark your data points on the map.
  • 2.  Mark another person's data points on your map.
  • 3.  Make sure that both samples are in the same units.  You can use GOOGLE as a conversion tool by entering CONVERT ___F to C.  Alternatively, you can use the formula (°F - 32) x 5/9 = °C


  1. Does your data suggest EVEN or UNEVEN heating on the schools grounds?  Explain, remembering that the greater temperature differences create MORE winds.
  2. If the wind was flying in my face when I stood on the curved section of the parking lot with my back facing the school bell at the old entrance, what does that tell me?  Draw this motion as a large area across the page.
  3. Heat moves from hotter areas to colder areas.  Use a green pencil and create arrows that represent this.
  4. Order the surfaces from coldest to warmest, based on the average temperature you were assigned to find.  All temperatures should be in degrees C.   Make a list from cold to warm of the surface and its respective temperature.
  5. When the air is hot, it rises and the cold air sinks.  What phenomena does that cause?




Use your map to answer the board questions.










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