Archbold Middle School (6th
Grade), Archbold, Ohio, USA
Greetings from Northwest Ohio! Today, we
are receiving a wet snowfall. Here is some information regarding what we
learned by participating in The Sun Times. We attend Archbold Middle
School in Archbold, Ohio. We are located at 41.5N and 84.3 W. We're a
class of 85 sixth graders divided into five sections. We are doing this
project in our Social Studies classes taught by Mrs. Lori Luderman.
During this project, we kept track of the daily temperature and minutes of
daylight for a one week period. We got our measurements from the internet.
Our school has a weather station and we accesssed the daily temperature by
using the school home page. We used the Sun Times reference material to
gather the data for the minutes of daylight. We then checked the verified
data that everyone submitted from around the world. We made two graphs
using Microsoft Excell that allowed us to form our conclusions. As you can
see, we were quite busy!
We believe the amount of sunlight an area receives and the temperature of
that area are affected by the area's latitude. Some areas of the earth
receive more light than others based on their latitude. At this time of
year, the farther south you are, the more daylight you get. An example of
this is North Pole, AK, and Hobart, Australia. North Pole's latitude is
64.5 N and Hobart's is -42.0 S. Hobart has 848 minutes of daylight and
North Pole only has 446. Latitude also plays a part on the temperature of
an area. When the latitude of an area is near the Equator, your
temperature is greater than if you were located further north or south. We
saw on one student's graph that North Pole was actually warmer on average
that Regina for the week data was collected. Weather can affect
temperature average as well over a short time. We learned a lot while we
were making our graphs.
In conclusion, we gained a lot of knowledge from participating in the Sun
Times. One thing we learned is how to make a graph using Excell. It used
to confuse us and we didn't understand how to use it, but now many of us
can make graphs in a snap. One thing some of us would do next time is to
use our lab time a little more wisely so we didn't have to rush to submit
our reports!
We hoope this report helps contribute to everyone's knowlege. Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year to All!
E-mail:
arc_aca_llu@nwoca.org
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