Topo Map of Amman, Jordan

I chose Amman, Jordan in the Middle East to examine the Topography of that area.
The area in the the white borders show flat lands, but to the Northwest of this area shows more depth to the region which indicate higher levels above ground in this area. The counter lines play a factor in defining these features on the map.

Topography Map:

What is it?

A map that has so much detail on it. It shows the depths or mountains, the curves of the rivers, and the heights and lengths of certain physical features on a map.

These maps use methods such as contour lines. Contour lines are lines that use two variables from a curve to illustrate heights.

The NATIONAL MAP http://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/usgs/maplocator/(ctype=areaDetails&xcm=r3standardpitrex_prd&carea=%24ROOT&layout=6_1_61_48&uiarea=2)/.do

Sun Trajectory Lab

This is position of the sun during the day. For our lab we took the height of an object (opposite side) and measured the length (adjacent side) of its shadow. This gave us the two sides used to find the tangent angle to correspond with a specific angles. The opposite   side is divided by the adjacent side and this yields a number that is used to find the angle of the shadow and the object from a given chart.

This is a great website to get the measurements for the Sun trajectory on the exact days. http://www.suncalc.net/#/32.8288,-83.6515,15/2013.04.05/23:12

In these pictures, we are able to see the sun’s path. The sun’s path is the position of the sun in hours of the day. This is due to the earth’s rotation.

On the specific day that I retrieved some data, I found the sunrise and sunset times. This provides me with background for my collected data.

Macon, Georgia (longitude W83.7, latitude N32.8)

Friday  

        5 April 2013          Eastern Daylight Time         

                         SUN

    

        Sunrise                    7:17 a.m.                

        Sun transit                1:37 p.m.                

        Sunset                     7:58 p.m.                

        End civil twilight         8:23 p.m.                

April 5^th, 2013: The moon looked like this:  Waning crescent: with about ¼ of the moon visible.

MY DATA: started on April 5^th, but I had to collect data from other dates because of clouds covering the sun.

7:30 AM  Object height: 51 inches. Shadow length is 550 inches. 51inches/550inches=.0927 = 5.296 degrees

2:30 PM Object height is 51 inches. Shadow length is 20.4 inches. 51inches/20.4inches=2.5 inches = 68.199 degrees

3:30 PM Object height is 51 inches. Shadow length is 48.3 inches.   51inches/48.3 inches = 46.560 degrees

7:30 PM Object height is 51 inches. Shadow length is 756 inches. 51inches /756 inches= .067 inches =3.833 degrees

Conclusion from data:

The morning measurements had very large heights in shadows. This corresponds with the shadow heights in the evening (12 hours later). The length of the shadow decreases as the hours pass. The length taken at 2:30 PM was difficult to even find the shadow because it was so short. 3:30 showed a bit less difficulty in measuring the height of shadow. Though, the height of shadow at 7:30 PM was so long that I am not sure if I was able to get the absolute measurements because it entwined and tangled amongst and between the tree trucks.

Reflections:

I am very glad to have taken data from the first hour of sunlight and the last hours of sunlight (a twelve hour duration). It showed me the direction of sun position clearly and the how the heights of shadow correlated to give me a better understanding of the sun’s effects due to its positioning, also due to the sunset and sunrise times. During the middle of the day, the shadow height decreased in inches by a lot, it was as is if the object was absorbing its shadow as the day progresses, and then released as the sun descended.  

Poem that I made up for the observations:

Wake up empty

Daylight lives

Shadow is consumed,

Engulfed, swamped,

And sucked up from the object.

Ah! But then comes afternoon

Slowly releasing

And, evening comes to allow for

A large exhale

Waits for another day after night ends. 

Parking Lot Lab

Lena Hamvas

January 22, 2013

Purpose: Evaluating the impact of a half inch rainfall on the Willet Science Center parking lot.                   Determining the amount of gallons the parking lot will collect after the rain fall by               calculating the volume of the parking lot.

Objective: To evaluate the measurements of the parking lot to decide how many gallons of water                   can the parking lot hold.

Method: I used refined methods by using the measurements given by GoogleEarth.

Procedure:

1.      Observe the parking lot through my naked eye.

2.      Evaluate the parking lot to inspect any distortions that could affect the outcome.

3.      Download GoogleEarth. Type 1400 Coleman Avenue Macon, Georgia 31207 in the white space on the top right bar. Zoom in to locate the Willet Science Center parking lot. Use the polygon to mark the perimeter of the parking lot. Then, used the ruler on bar to take the measurements of the width, length, and height of the parking lot. These measurements are in feet, then converted to cubic feet then converted to gallons.

4.      Use the online conversion tool to make your converstions from feet to cubic feet to gallons.  

Data:   The length of the parking lot is determined to be 2182.616 feet. There was                                     611,192,700.97 gallons of rain.

Calculations: 237.53 ft * 229.72 ft * 0.04 ft = 2182.616 ft converted to 95, 075, 305.03 cubic ft                         and this converted to  611,192,700.979335 gallons of rain.

Conclusions: During a half inch rainstorm, the Willet Science Center will be able to collect                                  611,192,700.979335 gallons of rain. I am aware that this number is incorrect. I                             continued to repeat it over and over again but the online system must have been the                             fluke.

RIVERSIDE CEMETERY

This cemetery is beautiful! So out of the ordinary from normal or routine sights in life that there is a sublime feeling I get when I walk through this cemetery.

Visit and attend events.

http://riversidecemetery.com/

My reflections:

 I found it interesting to see organized spots just for families. I wonder if the spots were reserved, keeping in mind, the amount of family members that will be buried there, all before the death. If that was the case, A reserved spot is a new idea for me because it is like waiting for death.

Also, there were infants with no birth date on the stone, so I assumed that the infants died in the mother’s stomach, but I can only question and have no absolute answer.

There were monuments to define a certain section or family cluster. There were many religious quotes on the graves.

Personally, I really found the visit extremely intriguing and thought-provoking. I would constantly wonder how a 17 year old died, or an infant died with no birth date, or how a husband or wife could go twenty years without his or her spouse. All these questions raised in my head, and I would love to go back to discover more!

History of Riverside Cemetery:

Established in 1887.

Holds more than 18,000 people who come from different cultures, families, faiths, and backgrounds. There are vents that are in the cemetery, such as movies and historic tours.

Click here to see a calendar of events: http://riversidecemetery.com/calendar/month_calendar/2013/04/-

The Historic Riverside Cemetery Conservancy aims to integrate people of the community on the history and significance of the cemetery.

It was established by an private entity in 1887 untill 1940’s. Managed by the property owners.

Hold Civil War Veterans, renowned educators, and some of the most prominent Macon families.

Some of the graves are made out of the most precious minerals: such as Italian marble & granite statuary.

Today it is a non-profit organization, and managed by man y of Macon’s success businessmen and Macon’s founding fathers.

Calvert Vaux, a renowned landscape architect was hired to design the cemetery. 

DATA

Last name	DOB	DOD	Age at death
Snow	1900	1985	85
Plaff	1875	1909	34
Barnes	1915	1931	16
Burnett	1864	1907	43
Wimberly	1841	1938	97
Gunn	1844	1922	78
Stevens	1846	1923	77
Blair	1864	1948	84
Supple	1862	1943	81
Dodson	1867	1943	76
Gibson	1902	1974	72
Lawton	1841	1892	51
Small	1844	1916	72
Horne	1866	1927	61
Wood	1867	1924	57
Dukes	1924	2010	86
Simmons	1897	1949	52
Bronson	1867	1901	34
Durham	1889	1952	63
Godfree	1873	1930	57
Jeter	1844	1902	58

CALCULATIONS:

Cohort	Raw Counts(Dx)	dx	lx	Qx
0-1.9	0	0	1	….
2-9.9	0	0	1	….
10-19.9	1	0.048	0.952	0.05
20-29.9	0	0	0.952	….
30-39.9	2	0.095	0.857	0.111
40-49.9	1	0.048	0.809	0.059
50-59.9	5	0.238	0.571	0.417
60-69.9	2	0.095	0.476	0.2
70-79.9	5	0.238	0.238	1
80-89.9	4	0.19	0.048
90-99.9	1	0.048	0
100+	0	0
	Total: 21