Modeling the Coriolis Effect
The Coriolis Effect was named by the french professor of mechanical engineering. The Coriolis Effect is a major topic in earth science , as it exerts great influence on the movement of winds and water currents across the earth.
Purpose:
Students need to picture this phenomenon clearly before they can comprehend the Coriolis efffects interplay with other forces that affect weather systems.
Materials:
Purpose:
Students need to picture this phenomenon clearly before they can comprehend the Coriolis efffects interplay with other forces that affect weather systems.
Materials:
- 1 ballon (round)
- 2 permanent markers (different colors , readable when applied to ballons)
- Blow up a balloon (one each pair of students).
- With a marker , draw the equator on the balloon and label the North and South Poles.
- While 1 partner continues to rotate the balloon from left to right , the other will draw a line straight from North Pole to the equator and viceversa.
Questions:
1.- As you look down from the North Pole toward the equator, which way is the balloon spinning, clockwise or counterclockwise? Explain what you see and why.
Having a perspective from the north pole ,the balloon is spinning in a clockwise direction because this have a direction from left to right
.
2.-As you look up from the South Pole toward the equator, which way is the balloon spinning, clockwise or counterclockwise? Explain what you see and why.
Having a perspective from the South pole , the balloon has a counterclockwise direction in which stars from the right to left.
3.-What happened when you tried to draw a straight line from the North Pole to the equator? Explain what you see and why.
The line took a direction of East to west or right to left which will be a counterclockwise direction.
4.-What happened when you tried to draw a straight line from the South Pole to the equator? Explain what you see and why.
When I tried to draw the line , by the rotation of the balloon it took a dir4ection of West to East which is a counterclockwise direction.
5.-Predict what would happen if you again drew lines in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres but with the earth rotating in the opposite direction.
The result will be the opposite as well . So if from the Northern Hemisphere took a Clockwise direction , now will take a clockcounterwise direction , as well the Southern Hemisphere will do with its direction.
1.- As you look down from the North Pole toward the equator, which way is the balloon spinning, clockwise or counterclockwise? Explain what you see and why.
Having a perspective from the north pole ,the balloon is spinning in a clockwise direction because this have a direction from left to right
.
2.-As you look up from the South Pole toward the equator, which way is the balloon spinning, clockwise or counterclockwise? Explain what you see and why.
Having a perspective from the South pole , the balloon has a counterclockwise direction in which stars from the right to left.
3.-What happened when you tried to draw a straight line from the North Pole to the equator? Explain what you see and why.
The line took a direction of East to west or right to left which will be a counterclockwise direction.
4.-What happened when you tried to draw a straight line from the South Pole to the equator? Explain what you see and why.
When I tried to draw the line , by the rotation of the balloon it took a dir4ection of West to East which is a counterclockwise direction.
5.-Predict what would happen if you again drew lines in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres but with the earth rotating in the opposite direction.
The result will be the opposite as well . So if from the Northern Hemisphere took a Clockwise direction , now will take a clockcounterwise direction , as well the Southern Hemisphere will do with its direction.