Wayland-Cohocton Central
School (8th Grade), Wayland, NY, USA
We are the Wayland-Cohocton Central School
district's select project group of 6, 8th graders. We are located at 42.6
degrees latitude in Wayland, NY USA.
During the Global sun temperature project we took the temperature between
11:00 and 12:00 noon everyday for one week. We linked to the Naval
Observatory located in Washington, D.C. to get the sunrise and sunset
times of our area for each day. Then we took the information we gathered
and graphed it.
After we had all the information we then drew our conclusions. We
determined that there is a direct relationship between the average minutes
of sunlight and latitude. During the Spring and Fall the sun is pointed
directly towards the equator. At this time the average minutes of daylight
are equal in the northern and southern hemispheres. During the winter the
sun is pointed more toward the southern hemisphere. The average minutes of
daylight in the north are low. During the summer the sun is pointed more
toward the northern hemisphere. The average minutes of sunlight are high.
Another conclusion we drew was that there was a direct relationship
between temperature and latitude. The temperature is the highest at the
equator because the sun is pointed most directly toward the equator. The
temperature is higher in the southern hemisphere than in the northern
hemisphere during this time of the year because of the tilt of the earth.
The temperature is higher in the northern hemisphere during the months of
March through September becuse the sun is pointing more directly at the
northern half of the Earth.
We learned that there is a direct relationship between the average minutes
of sunlight and latitude. We also learned that there is a direct
relationship between temperature and latitude.
E-mail:
GKuebler@wccsK12.org
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