April Check 1

April 25, 2011

2:12 PM

Detailed Weather: 

Wind - 

• Breezy, but not extremely windy.  The grass blades were moving in the wind. 
• Beaufort Scale: 2
• South: I confirmed this by bringing a compass and recording the correct direction

Clouds - 

• A majority of the sky was covered with puffy clouds.  
• color: greyish-white
• type: cumulus

Temperature -

• Air: 79° Fahrenheit
• Fahrenheit to Celsius: 

     

C = (79 - 32) x 5/9

C = 47 x 5/9

C = 47/1 x 5/9

C = 235/9

C = 26.111111111

• 26.1111111111° 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 - 52 inches
• inches to centimeters conversion - 

2.54n = c

2.54(52) = c

c = 132.08

• bur oak tree branch = 132.08 cm
• water depth: 14.25 inches:
• inches to centimeters conversion - 
2.54n = c
2.54(14.25) = c
c = 36.195 cm
• water temperature: 10° Celsius

Biota - 

• 2 bur oak trees
• common white-tailed dragonfly (3)
• American squirrel (2)
• Cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus brasiliensis)

Differences from previous months - 

• Seasonal changes: 
• The temperature is definitely increasing, as spring is here.  
• There was a lot more water because of this month's rain
• The trees are gaining more leaves and the grass is greener as it is growing season again.

• my bur oak tree "measuring branch" is growing more quickly because things are beginning to become alive again.
• I am seeing more animals, I saw two squirrels like I did last month, as well as a wild rabbit across the road.