Stuck in someone else's frames? break free!
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
  |
|||
|
SHALL WE BUILD A WEATHER STATION? Will our weather station be like a bus station? You go inside, sit on benches, and wait for the weather to come? If the weather we're waiting for is a tornado, it could even take us somewhere! Like maybe to Kansas? Several instruments are important in a weather station: the thermometer, the barometer, the anemometer, the hygrometer, and the rain gauge. Such instruments should be placed outdoors in a protected and shaded location for best results. The instruments may be sheltered in an open box, or a weather station can be built. This station can house both the instruments and several visual aids to provide easy access as well as protection. If the central panel is constructed of 1/2 inch hardware screening, various weather instruments can be mounted to it. The opening will allow the air to circulate around the instruments. The two panels on either side can be used as bulletin boards and as data recording boards. One board might hold a map of the local area or of the United States. The map should be covered with acetate or plastic wrap so that students can sketch weather fronts on it with grease pencils. It might also hold pictures of cloud types, relative humidity tables, or wind speed scales. The other board might hold data sheets, tables, charts, and graphs you have prepared. Data tables should be kept current by recording instrument readings twice a day at the same hours. After some observations, we could make silent predictions: put a number you choose (between 2,500 and 9,000) at the top of a blank page, and write your predictions. Hand the papers in when requested. Watch the weather for the next couple of days. Your teacher can read the predictions to the class, and nobody would know who predicted what. If individual students want to identify themselves and their predictions, they can tell the teacher the chosen number. Remember, the only clues you will receive are the observations you make at your weather station. Your predictions will be based on that information only. See how easy it is? And just think, those television weather people make the big bucks! In the alternative, we could spend several million dollars and buy a weather satellite and special computer.  Any problems with this page? Send URL to
webmaster. Thank you!
We publish two newsletters a couple of times a month. To subscribe, send a blank email to the appropriate email address. Topica will send you a message asking if you really intended to subscribe - just click reply - that's it! Free Recipe Collection Newsletter: Jewish Recipe Collection Newsletter:
Tired of Geek Speak when
|
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
