Worked out by: Msc Agnieszka Lipiec and MSc Małgorzata Misiura
XXIII Liceum Ogólnokształcące
im. Nauczycieli Tajnego Nauczania
w Lublinie
RESEARCH WORK
Subject: Weather
The aim of the research:
- applying acquired knowledge to theoretical and practical tasks
- applying mathematical methods to problematic situations
that is
- reading, qualitative and quantitative interpretation of the information from tables,
diagrams, graphs and arranging, formulating simple relations between them
- using the information during the research of a typical problematic situation
Procedures of research
Observe, analyse and edit the comparison of the chosen atmospheric parameter for
three partner cities (partnership within the project Comenius 2008) in the given period
of time:
Nossen – a city in Germany in the union country of Saxony. In 2007 the population of Nossen
was 7 347. Nossen is located 31 km west from Dresden and 36 km north-west from Chemnitz.
Šiauliai – a city in Lithuania (Samogitia), east from Klaipėda. Its area is 81 km², population
of 133.9 (the fourth most populated city in the country), the capital city of Šiauliai County.
Rouen – a city and district in France, in the region of Upper Normandy (Haute-Normandie),
in the deprtment of Seine-Maritime. According to the data from 1990 the district is inhabited
by 102 723 people and the population density amounts to 4805 people/km² (among 1421
districts of Upper Normandy Rouen is the second in respect of the population, while the forty
third in respect of the area).
Lublin – the biggest Polish city on the east side of the Vistula river, the capital city of Lublin
Province (since 1474). It’s the second in the Małopolska Region and the ninth city in our
country in respect of the number of population (353 483 inhabitants) and the fifteenth one in
respect of the area (147 km²).
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Stages of work:
I.
Collecting the data
II.
Analysing the data
III.
Making various diagrams
IV.
Calculating the numbers which characterise the collected data
V.
Inferring conclusions, summarizing (report and presentation)
Stage I
Time of the project: 2 March-19 March 2009
Time of the measurements: 13.00
Studied parameters: air temperature, air humidity, wind strength, atmospheric pressure,
rainfall intensity, etc.
The rules of collecting the data: we check the data every day at the same time or we read the
minimum and maximum daily values or compare the average daily values, etc. Remember
that the data you compare should have the same unit.
The sources of the data: the Internet, others.
Stage II – Analysing the data
I.
II.
III.
IV.
Make the tables with the results of successively recorded data for each city
Make the graphs illustrating the obtained results for each city and the graph which
compares the data from all the cities.
Present the data with the linear graphs. Mark them with different colours in one
coordinate system.
Answer the questions
Supporting questions for analysis and findings:
For each city
1. Describe how the temperature changed ( pressure, wind strength etc.) in the cities
during the examined period of time
2. Determine the average temperatures in the examined period of time
3. What is the number of days in which the temperature was lower than the average one?
4. In which days did the temperature (pressure, wind strength etc.) go down and in which
go up?
5. In which day was the temperature (pressure, wind strength etc.) the lowest and in
which the highest?
6. In which day was the temperature (pressure, wind strength etc.) above zero?
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7. How much the temperature (pressure, wind strength etc.) increased/decreased between
02 March and 05 March? (the results should be given in percents)
8. Determine the maximum and minimum temperature of the examined period of time.
9. What temperature differences were recorded?
10. Compare the maximum and minimum temperature differences. The results should be
given in percents.
11. Did the temperature increase or decrease more often?
For all cities
1. What can be expected on the basis of the temperature tendency between 16 March and
19 March in each city?
2. Are there any huge weather differences in the examined cities?
3. Is the weather typical for the season and climatic zones in which the cities are located?
4. Give the maximum and minimum temperature of the examined period of time. Where
and when was it recorded?
5. Which temperature was recorded most often? In which city and when was it taken?
6. Which temperature was recorded least often? In which city and when was it taken?
7. When and where was the biggest temperature jump recorded?
8. For how long and where was the temperature above zero?
9. When and where did the temperature equal 0°C?
10. What was the lowest and the highest temperature? Where and when was it recorded?
11. During the examined period of time was there any sequence of days with the constant
temperature? If yes, tell where and when was it recorded and what was the value of the
temperature.
THE PLAN OF THE REPORT
1. The title page
It should contain the name of the project, the name and surname of the author (authors) and
teacher (coordinator), the date of report submission , the name of the school (institution) in
which the project was carried out.
2. Contents
(at the end of the report)
3. Summary of the report
In a condensed form (up to one page A4); it should present the aims, conditions and basic
findings resulting from the project and highlight its achievements)
4. Introduction
A. Conditions of the project
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Present the subject of the project, the time of realization and its aim. In this part, you should
inform why the subject is worth of interest. You ought to present the problem and what has
been done to solve it so far. What aspects of the issue were studied and why. It should be
explained who this project is directed to.
B. Research procedures
Presents the range of research, the methods of collecting the information and justification of
their choice.
5. Main body – discoveries and information
It should be divided into smaller pieces, logically ordered sections. You ought to present any
possible solutions, analysis of the results, measurements, research, explain how you found
solution to the problem, describe the effects. Draws, tables, graphs – the most important only.
6. Findings
Present conclusions resulting from the carried out research, experiments or other actions.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the solution.
7. Recommendations
Put forward the recommendations only when the situation described in the project is not
satysfying. They should contain suggestions aiming at the improvement of the existing
situation.
8. Bibliography (notes in the text should refer to it)
9. Annexes (economic calculations, diagrams, graphs etc.)