Friday, July 27, 2007

How to test water, dirt, the weather: SciPort's Globe Week, July 30 to Aug 4

At SciPort plans have been made for Globe Week, Mon, July 30, to Sat, Aug 4. The agenda?

Water Quality
Mon at 3 p.m.
What makes up our water? Take a sample of water from the Red River and test it for different substances and features including electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen, nitrates, pH, transparency,
and alkalinity.

Weather Works
Tues at 3 p.m.
Think you can be a weather person? Use a cool tool called a sling psychrometer to measure cloud type and cover, temperature, relative humidity, and daily rainfall.

Cloud Cover
Wed at 3 p.m.
Learn the ten basic cloud types and how you can spot them. Then, put your meteorology skills to the test to estimate cloud cover percentage.

Soil Searching
Thurs at 3 p.m.
Test the dirt and learn what minerals are found in soil.

Soil Crayons
Fri at 3 p.m.
Make crayons using a variety of colorful dirt.

Owl Pellet Dissection
Sat at 2 p.m.
See what an owl had for lunch!

Info at sciport.org

And, on Fri, July 27, says Jennifer Tuxen, celebrate “La Bella Luna” during the Full Moon Star Party.

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