Berwick Academy (5th Grade),
South Berwick, ME, USA
We are fifth graders from Berwick Academy
in South Berwick, Maine. We did the Global Sun Project as part of our math
and science class.
We took the temperature outside everyday between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
during the week of November 3-7, 2003. We used handheld thermometers and
compared the temperatures on each thermometer in order to get the most
accurate reading. We recorded the temperature in Celsius. We used the U.S.
Naval Observatory website to determine when the sun rose and set in our
area. Then, we calculated the amount of minutes of daylight in each day.
At the end of the week, we determined the average temperature and the
average minutes of daylight for the week.
We learned that minutes of daylight and latitude are directly related.
Some areas in the world get more sunlight at certain times of the year
because of the Earth's tilt and rotation around the Sun. Areas near the
equator are always warm and areas farther away from the equator tend to be
colder; therefore, temperature and latitude are related. We still have
some questions about how all of this works and we are anxious to begin our
weather unit to learn more about seasons.
E-mail:
hduehmig@berwickacademy.org
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