The Collin Ryan Weather Station
The weather station was built due to the many donations given to honor the memory of Hilton's Kindergarten student, Collin Ryan. Collin loved weather and without a doubt would have loved his weather station!
The weather center structure is modeled after a $3000 structure (which was not half as nice as this one) and was made for half its cost. The posts are cemented in and the frame is covered by durable nylon materials, which will keep it low maintenance for years to come. The structure consists of one center board and 2 side boards. The center board features an outdoor blackboard with an aluminum sign and pictures of the 4 seasons. The two smaller side boards hold the weather instruments: Rain Guage, Barometer, Hygrometer and Thermometer.
Built by Mike Flis, an amazing Hilton Parent.
In addition to the instruments you see attached to the Weather Station, we also have a Weather Vane, Sun Dial, Hand Held Anemometer, Solar System, Snow Measuring Stick and Jumbo Solar Powered Thermometer.
The weather center structure is modeled after a $3000 structure (which was not half as nice as this one) and was made for half its cost. The posts are cemented in and the frame is covered by durable nylon materials, which will keep it low maintenance for years to come. The structure consists of one center board and 2 side boards. The center board features an outdoor blackboard with an aluminum sign and pictures of the 4 seasons. The two smaller side boards hold the weather instruments: Rain Guage, Barometer, Hygrometer and Thermometer.
Built by Mike Flis, an amazing Hilton Parent.
In addition to the instruments you see attached to the Weather Station, we also have a Weather Vane, Sun Dial, Hand Held Anemometer, Solar System, Snow Measuring Stick and Jumbo Solar Powered Thermometer.
Click on the file below to learn more about the instruments on our Weather Station!Hygrometer: Is an instrument used for measuring relative humidity. Students will learn the affects of humidity in the air. Besides greenhouses and industrial spaces, hygrometers are also used in some saunas, humidors, and museums. In residential settings, hygrometers are used to aid humidity control (too low humidity damages human skin and body, while too high humidity favors growth of mildew and dust mites.
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What Is Thunder?Thunder is the sound that lightning makes. Sounds simple but why does lightning make a sound. Any sound you hear is made up of vibrations, the vibrations travel through the air as waves until they reach your ear.
This means lightning must cause some vibrations. Lightning is a huge discharge of electricity. When lightning strikes huge amounts of electricity shoots through the air, this causes two things to happen. 1. The electricity hits the air and starts it vibrating, anything vibrating causes a sound. 2.The lightning is also very hot and heats up the air around it. Hot air gets bigger: it expands. As lightning is very hot the air gets bigger very quickly and pushes against the air particles starting another vibration. These vibrations are what you are hearing when you hear thunder, the rumbling of thunder is caused by the vibration or sound bouncing of the ground and the clouds. Why is thunder not at the same time as the lightning? We SEE the lightning before we HEAR the thunder because light travels faster than sound. The light from the lightning travels to our eyes much quicker than the sound from the lightning so we hear it later than we see it. |