How to Draw A Topographic Map

To create this map, I just went to Google Earth and found an elevation on the side of stone mountain. I tracked this elevation and placed a marker every so often. This allowed me to to find the elevation around the mountain.

Four Major Types of Maps

Isorythmic Map

Choropleth Map

The Isorythmic map shows subtle variations in amount over an area.

The Choropleth map shows bounders, usually political. 

The Dot Density map shows amounts per area. 

The Proportional symbol map shows, as it's name suggests, a symbol over the area that represents a quantity.

Dot Density

Proportional Symbol

Barometer Lab

We conducted this lab to examine the nature of high and low pressure systems. By creating the device, and examining the readings, we were able to understand how, and in what ways, weather pressure systems work. We constructed the device by sealing a rubber balloon to the top of a bowl and taping a straw to the top of the latex surface.
Pictured received from:
http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/effective-homemade-barometers-predicting-weather/

Obsidian, Marble, and Sandstone... O my!

Obsidian:
- Igneous rock

Obsidian

- Forms above the surface
- Normally black in color

The above information was received from: http://geology.com/rocks/obsidian.shtml

Marble:
- Metamorphic rock
- Forms in exposed regions of tectonic plates
- Light colored

Marble

The above information was received from: http://geology.com/rocks/marble.shtml

Sandstone:
- Sedimentary rock
- Formed from compressed sand, held together by clay/silt
- Forms wherever large amounts of weathered sediment collects and is pressurized
The above information was received from: http://geology.com/rocks/sandstone.shtml

Sandstoen

Link to soil orders: http://www.cals.uidaho.edu/soilorders/orders.htm
Link to Soil Triangle: http://www.oneplan.org/Water/soil-triangle.asp

Sunflower Lab: Say Hello to 'Al Grow' (yea, its a bad pun)

Sunflower day 7 (2/25/14)

Day 7

After fearing that Al was DOA, he sprang up finally.

Day 10

Day 10 (2/28/14)

Al continues to grow.

Day 13

Day 13 (3/3/14)

Al is having a hard time standing up sometimes. He continues to move with the sun. All and all, he seems happy.

Day 54

Day 54 (4/24/14)
Still alive!!!!

Windrose Plots and Air Direction

You will see four graphs from the Middle Ga Regional Airport in Macon, GA. Each graph depicts each season in 1992. There is also a 1992 Windrose superimposed onto an image of the airport. I used the overall Windrose from that year for an average. I wanted the other Windrose plots to be large and clear, so I have each separate.

Sun Lab Results 02/12/14

The sun lab required setting up a table. To set up this table, I had to go outside and take measurements with a pole of a known length.  Then, I took the measurements of the shadow and used a compass to find the direction of the sun. After calculating the Tangent of the measurements, I had the numbers necessary to fill out the radial chart. Included in this post are my supporting documents.
(Information gathered for February 5th)

from suncalc.com for Feb 5.