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Study of Wind Chill Effect. Author: Tong Man Chung. Study of Wind Chill Effect. Wind Chill Effect Measurement. 1. One feels colder if it is more windy. 2. Such effect is mainly for mammals. 3. The ambient temp remains unchanged. Wind Chill Table. Characteristics of the study.
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Study of Wind Chill Effect Author: Tong Man Chung This work by Tong Man Chung from The Chinese Foundation Secondary School is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Hong Kong License To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/hk/deed.en_HK
Study of Wind Chill Effect Wind Chill Effect Measurement 1. One feels colder if it is more windy. 2. Such effect is mainly for mammals. 3. The ambient temp remains unchanged. This work by Tong Man Chung from The Chinese Foundation Secondary School is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Hong Kong License To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/hk/deed.en_HK
Wind Chill Table This work by Tong Man Chung from The Chinese Foundation Secondary School is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Hong Kong License To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/hk/deed.en_HK
Characteristics of the study 1. The Wind Chill Temp must < air temp 2. Such Measurement is valid only when -- Wind speed > 3 mph -- Air temp < 10 0C -- Air speed in kmh-1 measured at 10m This work by Tong Man Chung from The Chinese Foundation Secondary School is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Hong Kong License To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/hk/deed.en_HK
Formula for student measurement Twc = 13.12 +0.6215Ta– 11.37V0.16+ 0.3965TaV0.16 where Ta: air temp, V: wind speed Twc: Wind Chill Temp This work by Tong Man Chung from The Chinese Foundation Secondary School is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Hong Kong License To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/hk/deed.en_HK
This work by Tong Man Chung from The Chinese Foundation Secondary School is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Hong Kong License To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/hk/deed.en_HK
Some common mistakes on students’ work 1. Wrong data: Temp too high, not windy enough 2. Wrong conclusion from wrong data: Wind Chill Temp > Air temp This work by Tong Man Chung from The Chinese Foundation Secondary School is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Hong Kong License To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/hk/deed.en_HK
What do teachers need to prepare beforehand? Selecting suitable days in winter Teaching students conversion of units Teaching students basic Excel skills This work by Tong Man Chung from The Chinese Foundation Secondary School is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Hong Kong License To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/hk/deed.en_HK
For further study… Investigating underlying reasons (of students’ conclusion): CFSS colder than Hon Wah Investigating of other schools. This work by Tong Man Chung from The Chinese Foundation Secondary School is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Hong Kong License To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/hk/deed.en_HK