November Entry

Ms. Sbarro,
I wrote down my November Entry and never got around to blogging it, so that is why I am posting both entries tonight!

November 24, 2010

1:12 PM

Detailed Weather: 

Wind - 

• Very light wind.  It sort of went on and off but was never above a 2 on the Beaufort Scale.  
• Beaufort Scale: 1-2
• East: I brought a compass and turned until the wind was blowing my hair away from my head.  I read the compass as East.  

Clouds - 

• There were many white cirrus clouds, but the sky was somewhat clear.  The clouds were high in the sky, so most of the sky did not have clouds.   
• They were very purely white.
• cirrus clouds.  

Temperature -

• Air: 50° Fahrenheit
• Fahrenheit to Celsius: 

     

C = (50 - 32) x 5/9

C = 18 x 5/9

C = 18/1 x 5/9

C = 90/9

C = 10

• 10° Celsius
• Water: my water is still dried up!!! argh!  We need rain! 

General Observations: 

Measurements - 

• Bur oak tree branch - 61.5 inches 
• inches to centimeters conversion - 

2.54n = c

2.54(61.5) = c

c = 156.21

• bur oak tree branch = 156.21 cm
• water depth: my water is still dried up!!

Biota - 

• 2 bur oak trees
• common green foxtail
• 1 wild turkey 
• miniature daisy
• 
  

Differences from previous months - 

• Seasonal changes: 
• NO leaves on BOTH bur oak trees!  
• Fewer leaves on the ground
• Temperature dropping again - it is the afternoon and the same temperature as nighttime last month.  
• I went in the afternoon this time, since we had the day off.  There was much of a difference in the wildlife.  There were no crickets, since they come out at night.  I saw a wild turkey walking through the woods multiple times, but I didn't get my camera out quickly enough.  

• my bur oak tree "measuring branch" has grown since last month by a total of 4.17 centimeters. 
• Last month I noticed some holes in the ground.  This time, the holes have been covered up.  Animals like groundhogs are hibernating.