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| Weather Or Not |
by Stephanie Carver
Cordell Elementary School, Cordell, Oklahoma
(presented at the 1999 Earthstorm Science Fair)
I'm in the sixth grade and I like
soccer. I chose this project because I wanted to know if there would be a difference
in temperature under soil or sod. After the teacher mentioned this as a possible
project, I thought it sounded interesting and challenging.
My project is comparing
soil and sod temperatures from two different Mesonet sites. My two sites are
Tishomingo and Kenton. I used the computer to pull up and make graphs of soil
and sod temperatures for five days. I laid out the graphs and looked for patterns,
likenesses, or differences. I then made my poster.
My conclusion was that the
temperature under sod was hotter than the bare soil. The sod also held the heat
better through the night than the bare soil. There wasn't any differences that
I noticed between the two sites. I learned that covered soil stayed warmer than
bare soil. Mulched garden soil would stay warmer than unmulched. So probably
the plants would grow better and faster.
I would like to thank my mom, Diana Carver.
I would do another project because it was fun and I learned a bunch of new things. |
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