Ruth M. Buck School, Regina,
Saskatchewan, Canada
Ruth M. Buck is a K-8 school situated in
the northwest part of the city of Regina, province of Saskatchewan,
Canada.
We found this project to be interesting apart from the data on climate.
How many schools would register? How many
continents/countries/provinces/states would be represented? Who would be
furthest north? south?
closest to the equator?
The week of Nov. 3 to Nov. 7 was colder than normal for Regina. We used
the local newspaper (Leader-Post) to determine the temperature and minutes
of sunlight for each day.
Our analysis showed an almost straight "trend line" through the plotted
points indicating a strong relationship between the variables latitude and
minutes of sunshine. This was what we expected to find.
Temperature vrs. latitude was tougher to read. We saw a strong, steep
trend line between the points in northern latitudes between 30-50 degrees.
We saw a strong but flat trend line between latitudes 42S to about 15N. We
thought this showed a more even temperature distribution due to closeness
to the equator and summer season in the southern hemisphere.
An interesting project! Room 8
Ruth M. Buck School
E-mail:
jstaines@rbe.sk.ca
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