Climate Around the World: Coriolis Force

Day One

The Coriolis Force....or the Real Cause of Weather

 

 http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/global/circ.htm 

http://www.windpower.org/en/tour/wres/coriolis.htm

 

Day Two

Clockwise? Counter Clockwise? or Straight Down?

Which direction does water spin when going down the drain:

In the Northern Hemisphere?

In the Southern Hemisphere?

On the Equator?

 

What about marbles?

 

• Experiment: Coriolis Effect # 1

http://www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/coriolisexp.html 

• Experiment: Coriolis Effect #2

http://chainreaction.asu.edu/weather/trythis/coriolis.htm

    We also did food coloring on a paper plate but forgot to get a photo. Above we are using marbles.

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/brainbites/nonflash/bb_home_corioliseffect.html