Modeling the Coriolis Effect
Our project was done get a better understanding of the Coriolis Effect. In order to do that we used a balloon in the place of the Earth and and a marker in the place of say, a plane. The mid-point line was to act as the equator. Each group involved two people- one to spin the "earth" and another to try and draw a straight line from the Arctic Circle to the equator. It sounds simple but I failed...horribly. However it did help me understand the Coriolis Effect.
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