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One of the major "Reasons for the Seasons" is the change of the
height of the Sun at noon during the course of the year. Most people
think that the Sun is always directly overhead, at the zenith,
at noon. This isn't true. For most locations the Sun is never at
the zenith. As we follow the Sun during the school year, we will see
where the Sun is located in the sky from different latitudes.
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Science Teacher's Grab Bag Item!
The process is simple:
- Go out at local noon on roughly the 21st of each month. If you
don't know when local noon occurs for your location, go to the
NOAA Sunrise/Sunset Calculator page
to find the answer.
- Place a meter stick on the
ground, and aim it toward the Sun. CAUTION: AVOID LOOKING AT THE
SUN FOR ANY PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. A QUICK GLANCE IS ENOUGH TO DO
THIS ACTIVITY. Move the meter stick back and forth until the
stick shows no shadow on the ground.
- If possible, take a digital
image of the person holding the meter stick.
- Measure the angle that the
stick makes with the ground using a protractor or image processing
software such as NIH
Image for the MacIntosh, or
Imagej
for the Pc.
- Click
here to see a variety of methods for making the measurement.
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Send us your image
along with your angle measurement, time of sunrise and sunset,
temperature at local noon, and any other "tidbits" of information
you would want added to your page.
If you wish to join, simply
e-mail me with the name of your school and its latitude, and I'll add you to
our list.
| Follow the Sun as it makes its yearly journey from autumnal
equinox to summer solstice as the schools listed below measure the angle
of the Sun. 2008 - 2009
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
CLICK ON THE DOT TO VISIT THEIR
WEBSITES
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SCHOOL |
LATITUDE |
LOCATION |
SEPT. ANGLE
(Date)
PDF of September Data* |
SEPT. 22ND
LENGTH OF DAYLIGHT |
OCT. ANGLE |
LENGTH OF DAYLIGHT FOR DATE
OF READING |
NOV. ANGLE |
LENGTH OF DAYLIGHT FOR DATE
OF READING |
DEC. ANGLE |
LENGTH OF DAYLIGHT FOR DATE
OF READING |
JAN. ANGLE |
LENGTH OF DAYLIGHT FOR DATE
OF READING |
FEB. ANGLE |
LENGTH OF DAYLIGHT FOR DATE
OF READING |
MARCH ANGLE |
LENGTH OF DAYLIGHT FOR DATE
OF READING |
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Chief Zzeh Gittlit School |
67.34 N |
Old Crow, Yukon (Canada) |
X |
12h 26m |
10(23) |
8h 24m |
Too Low to Measure! |
2h28m |
0(20) |
0h 00m |
3(20) |
3h 22m |
X |
X |
≈22(21) |
12h 29m |
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Saranac Lake Middle
School |
44.39 N |
Saranac Lake, NY |
44 (22) |
12h09m |
36.5 (23) |
10h 38m |
31(19) |
9h 51m |
21(22) |
8h 48m |
X |
X |
32(20) |
10h 46m |
44(19) |
12h 08m |
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Paisley School #11 |
42.74N |
Paisley, OR |
X |
12h 09m |
22.5(23) |
10h 39m |
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Kenosha Unified District #1 |
42.59 N |
Kenosha, WI |
X |
12h 09m |
X |
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Homer Community High
School |
42.32 N |
Homer, NE |
X |
12h 09m |
X |
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Hornell High School |
42.32 N |
Hornell, NY |
45.5 - 48 (22) |
12h 09m |
X |
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Gates Intermediate School |
42.19 N |
Scituate, MA |
46(23) |
12h 09m |
38(24) |
10h 40m |
31 (20) |
9h 36m |
28(25) |
9h 05m |
29(21)
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9h 37m |
39(21)
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10h 52m |
48.89(20) |
12h 10m |
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Belchertown High School |
42.28 N |
Belchertown, MA |
46◦
20’ (23) |
12h 09m |
35o 36'(22) |
10h 45m |
27◦50’
(20) |
9h 36m |
23° 18’(18) |
9h 05m |
20(21) |
9h 37m |
37(21) |
10h 52m |
48(20) |
12h 10m |
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Fairfield Woods
Middle School |
41.19 N |
Fairfield, CT |
51(22) |
12h 09m |
37(22) |
10h 45m |
27(20) |
9h 45m |
25(22) |
9h 16m |
29(20) |
9h 44m |
40(21) |
10h 56m |
52(21) |
12h 12m |
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Montgomery School |
40.09 N |
Chester Springs, PA |
50(22) |
12h 08m |
41(23) |
10h 49m |
32(19) |
9h 50m |
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31(21) |
9h 50m |
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Northern Burlington
County Regional High School |
40.07N |
Columbus, NJ |
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Chapman School |
40.00 N |
Columbus, OH |
49.55 (22) |
12h 08m |
X |
X |
X |
X |
23(26) |
9h 15m |
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Warren County Middle School |
38.93N |
Fort Royal, VA |
54(22) |
12h 08m |
39(21) |
11h 00m |
33(24) |
9h 55m
Check out Mr. Brishcar's ride on the "Vomit
Comet!" |
27(22) |
9h 34m |
27(20) |
10h 00m |
44(19) |
11h 00m |
53(21) |
12h 11m |
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Frost Middle School |
38.84 N |
Fairfax, VA |
54.3 (23) |
12h 08m |
40.1 (24) |
10h 53m |
X |
X |
26.9(22) |
9h 34m |
31.4(23) |
10h 04m |
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Sherwood Cass Middle School |
38.48 N |
Creighton, MO |
53(22) |
12h 08m |
40(20) |
10h 59m |
31(19) |
9h 55m |
28(22) |
9h 28m |
27(20) |
9h 53m |
40.5(23) |
11h 04m |
54(24) |
12h 19m |
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Holy Redeemer Catholic School |
38.6 N |
Webster Groves, MO |
55(22) |
12h 08m |
40(20) |
11h 00m |
35(20) |
9h 55m |
28(22) |
9h 28m |
42(21) |
9h 56m |
50(23) |
11h 04m |
55(20) |
12h 09m |
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Carolina Friends Middle
School |
35.99 N |
Durham, NC |
52 (22) |
12h 08m |
47(21) |
11h 05m |
38(20) |
10h 08m |
34(19) |
9h 44m |
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Venice Beach |
33.99 N |
Venice, CA |
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59(16)California
Bonus! |
11h 02m |
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Johnson Space Center |
29.49 N |
Houston, TX |
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41(29)Texas Bonus! |
10h 44m |
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Jackson Middle School |
28.51 N |
Orlando, FL |
69 (22) |
12h 07m |
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* Some schools reported that the data wasn't visible in the table. Someone
found a solution! If you left-click on the table and drag across it, the data
will appear! The problem apparently is in the softwre I use to create the page.
I obviously can't fix it, but I'll bounce it off of my IT person to see if he
has a solution.
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