May 30, 2011

1:39 PM

Detailed Weather: 

Wind - 

• There was a bit of wind, but not too much
• Beaufort Scale: 1
• East: I confirmed this with my handy dandy compass

Clouds - 

• There was a moderate amount of clouds
• color: pure white
• type: cirrus

Temperature -

• Air: 88° Fahrenheit
• Fahrenheit to Celsius: 

     

C = (88 - 32) x 5/9

C = 56 x 5/9

C = 56/1 x 5/9

C = 280/9

C = 31.1111111

• 31.1111111° Celsius
• Water:  The water temperature was 50° Fahrenheit:

C = (50-32) x 5/9 

C = 18 x 5/9

C = 18/1 x 5/9

C = 90/9

C = 10

General Observations: 

Measurements - 

• Bur oak tree branch - 48 inches
• inches to centimeters conversion - 

2.54n = c

2.54(48) = c

c = 121.92

• bur oak tree branch = 121.92 cm
• water depth: 13.5 inches:
• inches to centimeters conversion - 
2.54n = c
2.54(13.5) = c
c = 34.29 cm
• water temperature: 10° Celsius

Biota - 

I took this recording of a bird I heard, but I am still in the process of figuring out what the species is.  I will update my blog when I find out.  

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• 2 bur oak trees
• common white-tailed dragonfly
• common green foxtail
• common virtuoso katydid
• wild daisy
• miscellaneous bugs that flew by quickly and were therefore unidentifiable 

Other pictures of unknown biota:

Differences from previous months - 

• Seasonal changes: 
• The temperature is much higher, it is almost summer!  
• There were so many more bugs all over the place
• There were more grasses next to the creek

• My ecosystem has made a full circle, and is now the way it was when I started observing it at the end of last year.

May 21, 2011

12:04 PM

Detailed Weather: 

Wind - 

• A light breeze, not too windy
• Beaufort Scale: 2
• East: my hair blew slightly to the east (confirmed by my compass) 

Clouds - 

• Many clouds
• color: a darker white, sort of grey
• type: stratocumulus

Temperature -

• Air: 75° Fahrenheit
• Fahrenheit to Celsius: 

     

C = (75 - 32) x 5/9

C = 42 x 5/9

C = 42/1 x 5/9

C = 210/9

C = 23.3333333333333

• 23.33333333333333333333° Celsius
• Water:  The water temperature was 49° Fahrenheit:

C = (49-32) x 5/9 

C = 17 x 5/9

C = 17/1 x 5/9

C = 85/9

C = 9.444444444444

General Observations: 

Measurements - 

• Bur oak tree branch - 47 inches
• inches to centimeters conversion - 

2.54n = c

2.54(47) = c

c = 119.38

• bur oak tree branch = 119.38 cm
• water depth: 13 inches:
• inches to centimeters conversion - 
2.54n = c
2.54(13) = c
c = 33.02 cm
• water temperature: 9.4444444444° Celsius

Biota - 

• 2 bur oak trees
• common white-tailed dragonfly
• common green foxtail
• common virtuoso katydid
• wild daisy
• mosquito

Differences from previous months - 

• Seasonal changes: 
• The temperature is rising as it is spring!
• my ecosystem seemed so much more alive, as I heard noises and saw more life. 

• There have been a lot of rainstorms, and that must of broken my branch again.