During science
this term the students of Year 5F and Year 5K have been learning about the
weather. On Tuesday, 27 May, 2003 some of these children were lucky enough to experience a real weather
station at first hand when they went on an excursion to the Bureau of Meteorology. The children learnt a lot from their trip and were able to
relate what they saw to what they had learnt in the classroom. It was great
to see the real anemometers and rain gauges after making our own at school!
Group photo taken at the Bureau of Meteorology.
From the
Bureau we could hear and see planes taking off at the domestic airport.
The Bureau of Meteorology is located at Brisbane Airport, Queensland.
(Sam)
The detector tracks
the balloon when it is high in the sky. (Amy)
A bird’s eye view of
the weather station.
A QANTAS jet landing.
This shed launches
the hydrogen weather balloon.
Rochedale State
School goes down under with Don and the soil thermometer. (Emily)
The anemometer (left)
and the evaporation tank. (right)
Don showing us how
they fill up the evaporation tank every morning.
This is a white box
called a Stevenson screen.
It has many
thermometers that tell us about the temperature and a wet thermometer that
helps tell the humidity.
Tegan holding the
minimum thermometer that has an alcohol at the bottom. (Tegan)
The satellite that
tracks the weather balloon.
The alarm that goes
off when the weather balloon is launched.
This instrument
measures the speed of wind in between the two metal poles. (Ashlee)
Some of the girls
from Year 5KF looking at the thermometer that has a mercury bottom which
shows maximum temperature.
Don explaining how
soil thermometers work and what they are used for.
Evaporation tank – to
used to see how much water has evaporated over the past 24 hours. (Brianna)
Don Brown explains
about the crystal- ball like object that measures the amount sunshine.
(Rachel)
Looking at the
various types of rain gauges.
Don describes to the
group the difference between the types of rain gauges.
This rain gauge has a
golden lid to stop impurities getting in.
A rain gauge is a
weather instrument used to measure rain. (Emily)
This rain gauge is
very rare to find in Australia because of its expensive up keep.
Investigating the
torch that sails into the sky inside the weather balloon.
Katelyn wearing the
protective gear used by the people at the Bureau of Meteorology to protect
themselves in case of an explosion of the weather balloon.
If the balloon
explodes it gives off an instantaneous reaction and burns at 2400º C.
Don Brown explaining
a satellite photo of the weather in Australia.
Printing out up to
date weather information.
These computers are
linked to the computerised rain gauge and the weather balloon.
This computerised box
tells meteorologists temperature, dewpoint which relates to humidity and the
wind speed outside. (Rebekah)
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Page by Glenda Crew, 27 May, 2003
