Sunrise & Sunset
Activity Data

These data are provided for schools that do not have access to ARM data or for teachers who need to quickly access data meaningful to this activity.

Choose one of the options below.


Option 1 Option 2
Sunrise and Sunset table (All Users)

Have students create graphs from a table of data.

(All Users)

Have students read values from a graph.

Solar Radiation Graph (Spencer)

Solar Radiation Graph (Okmulgee)

Solar Radiation Graph (Butler)

Option 3 Option 4

Requires WxScope® (Mac OS users only)

Instructions

Step 1: Download

  • File 1 (click and hold; choose "Save this Link as..." from popup menu; do not rename file)
  • File 2 (click and hold; choose "Save this Link as..." from popup menu; do not rename file)
  • File 3 (click and hold; choose "Save this Link as..." from popup menu; do not rename file)
  • File 4 (click and hold; choose "Save this Link as..." from popup menu; do not rename file)
  • File 5 (click and hold; choose "Save this Link as..." from popup menu; do not rename file)
  • File 6 (click and hold; choose "Save this Link as..." from popup menu; do not rename file)
  • Solar Radiation Graphs (click once to download)
Step 2: Move Data Files
  • Move the files 0713BUTL.MTS_1997, 0713OKMU.MTS_1997, 0713SPEN.MTS_1997, 0714BUTL.MTS_1997, 0714OKMU.MTS_1997, and 0714SPEN.MTS_1997 to your "WxScope Data" folder in "WxScope for ARM."
Step 3: View Data
  • Start up the WxScope® application and open the file SunriseSunset.wxt.
  • Note; If you have a Mac and don't have the WxScope® application, download it here.

Data and table template (Mac OS users only)

Have students create a table using WxScope®.

Instructions:

Step 1: Download

  • File 1 (click and hold; choose "Save this Link as..." from popup menu; do not rename file)
  • File 2 (click and hold; choose "Save this Link as..." from popup menu; do not rename file)
  • File 3 (click and hold; choose "Save this Link as..." from popup menu; do not rename file)
  • File 4 (click and hold; choose "Save this Link as..." from popup menu; do not rename file)
  • File 5 (click and hold; choose "Save this Link as..." from popup menu; do not rename file)
  • File 6 (click and hold; choose "Save this Link as..." from popup menu; do not rename file)
  • WxScope table (click once to download)

Step 2: Move Data Files

  • Move the files 0713BUTL.MTS_1997, 0713OKMU.MTS_1997, 0713SPEN.MTS_1997, 0714BUTL.MTS_1997, 0714OKMU.MTS_1997, and 0714SPEN.MTS_1997 to your "WxScope Data" folder in "WxScope for ARM."

Step 3: View Data

  • Start up the WxScope® application and open the file SunriseSunset.wxt.
  • Note; If you have a Mac and don't have the WxScope® application, download it here.
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