S1E5 - 28Jan Lesson Updates

What's Covered Today 28/1/13,Monday...

•  Reading the Wind Vane
• Wind blowing FROM      = reading taken from where the arrow is pointing to
• Wind blowing TO           = reading taken from where the Tail of the arrow

• Where to place a Wind Vane 
• High, open space, no obstruction & visible to people

• Wind Rose (TB, Pg 143)
• records the wind direction
• The no. of calm days is recorded in the center circle.
• Calm days = days with not much wind
• The rectangle boxes represent each day of a month. So you are able to know the direction of the wind for all the days of the month.

• Calculating Wind Speed = Using an Anemometer



• Went through homework, W/B Ex 11.2
• Calculate Total Monthly Rainfall = Add up all daily rainfall

• Practice - W/B Pg 94, Quest 2 - Climograph
• The shaded blocks - rainfall per month
•  Horizontal line - months Jan to Dec
• Left Vertical line - Rainfall measurement (mm)
• Right Vertical line - Temperature (degree celcius) 
• Curvy line above the shaded blocks shows the temperature for each month
• You need to know how to describe the temperature & rainfall in order to know the climate type of that particlular location; thus
• you need to know the mean annual temperature & the temperature range
• Total Annual Rainfall 
• You also need to know the difference

• Can bring CALCULATOR for test/exam? Ans: YES, you can!

H/W + THINKer...   

What Climate type does this particular place on Climograph W/B pg 94 belongs to???

Noted during Lesson...

• 2 students didn't bring their Geog materials
• Some students were not too clear about reading the Wind Rose. After repeated examples, they got it. 

Feel free to ask questions pertaining to this lesson...