Earth sci research intro part 2 methods 2013

Malibu High School

Earth Science LONG TERM RESEARCH PROJECT

PART 2 - METHODS & WRITING

DOWNLOAD THIS MS WORD FILE FROM THE ZUMA MATERIALS WEB PAGE. TYPE YOUR NAME, SAVE, AND PRINT.

THIS IS THE Environmental “THURSDAY” SIDE OF THE DATA SHEET !

Data: ENVIRONMENTAL DATA:

 Air Temperature  Sea Surface Temperature  Bottom Water Temperature  Wind Speed & Direction  Cloud Cover  Max. Wave Height  Weekly Rainfall  Relative Humidity  Surface Water Density  Surface Water Salinity  Tide Level Distance  Water Color  Sea State  Beach Profile  Non-Ocean Debris

Non Ocean Anthropogenic Debris Anthropogenic Originating from humans

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INSTRUMENTS

Garmin GPS Map 76CSx

22.3

THERMOANEMOMETER

AmprobeŠ THWD-3 Relative Humidity & Temperature Meter (Used for relative humidity % only)

5 GALLON BUCKET

TENTH-DEGREE DIGITAL THERMOMETER

DON’T GET THE YELLOW TOP PART IN THE WATER !

GLASS SEAWATER HYDROMETER LOOK UNDER THE WATER LINE !

500mL CLEAR CYLINDER

DENSITY: pure, distilled H2 is 1.000 g/cm3

Lines represent the BOTTOM of the water line

1.0250 g/cm3 1.0300 g/cm3

RECORD THE CORRECT DATA A g/cm3 1.0225

B g/cm3 1.0260 C g/cm3 1.0285

Temperature-DensitySalinity Conversion Chart

FIND SALINITY IF: d=1.0245 and t=15OC

FIND SALINITY IF: d=1.0245 and t=15OC

SALINITY = 33.1 o/oo

on/off

temp.

depth

digital BATHYTHERMOGRAPH

WIND VANE

A

WIND DIRECTION HAND HELD COMPASS and WIND VANE

B Multiply number by 10 !

BEAUFORT SEA STATE CHART

Whale spouts – sea state ________

Sooty shearwater – sea state______

The Forel scale

The Ule scale

face of an outside set wave

What is the water color? ______ U or F

______ #

crest

trough Sam McGee - MHS

MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT – estimated in meters.

RECORD THE WAVE HEIGHT IN METERS

PERCENT CLOUD COVER (use the whole sky)

RAIN GAUGE

The shape of the beach changes with the seasons

this is called a berm.

BEACH PROFILE

TIDE LEVEL DISTANCE

STOP WHEN YOU GET YOUR FEET WET

50

55

60

65

70

75

START AT EDGE OF SIDEWALK (BASELINE POINT)

80

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100

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TH TH EM AT ET M ER TH A RE E BE RKS NUM CO AC TH B RD H P E E ER LE E N R D DO O VE A F L D S T I LE F IST HE IS AN TID CE E

http://www.highcountryconservation.org/

types of NON-OCEAN DEBRIS MATERIAL (ANTHROPOGENIC DEBRIS)

PROJECT TIMELINE: 1st

Sept 12 – Clipboards due -tune up clipboard -Cloud Chart in plastic sleeve

2nd

Sept 19 – First data sheet at Zuma

3rd

Sept 20 – 6wk report due - cheap 3-hole report cover - printed Intro and Methods First data sheet

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FILES SET UP IN MS EXCEL FOR GRAPHING

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