Modeling the Coriolis Effect
We blew up a balloon that replicated the Earth and we tried replicating the Coriolis Effect
1) When I looked down the North Pole, the balloon was spinning clockwise. It was on top of the balloon so it was spinning clockwise
2) Looking from the South Pole on the balloon, it was spinning counter clock wise. I was looking at it on the bottom of the balloon and it should be opposite of the top.
3)The line that we drew it went to the right. Since it spinning while we drew it, it wasn't going to go straight and the line should go the opposite way the balloon was spinning from the North Pole
4) When we drew the line from the South Pole, the line went to the right. The line went to the opposite the way the balloon was spinning.
5) If the balloon was spinning the opposite way, I would expect the lines to be drawn the other way, to the left. I know this because in our model, the lines that we drew went the opposite way the balloon was spinning. So the lines should go to the left.
1) When I looked down the North Pole, the balloon was spinning clockwise. It was on top of the balloon so it was spinning clockwise
2) Looking from the South Pole on the balloon, it was spinning counter clock wise. I was looking at it on the bottom of the balloon and it should be opposite of the top.
3)The line that we drew it went to the right. Since it spinning while we drew it, it wasn't going to go straight and the line should go the opposite way the balloon was spinning from the North Pole
4) When we drew the line from the South Pole, the line went to the right. The line went to the opposite the way the balloon was spinning.
5) If the balloon was spinning the opposite way, I would expect the lines to be drawn the other way, to the left. I know this because in our model, the lines that we drew went the opposite way the balloon was spinning. So the lines should go to the left.