Modeling the Coriolis Effect
Materials:
A balloon and a marker
A balloon and a marker
In order to model the coriolis effect, we used a balloon to imitate the earth. We inflated the balloon and labeled the center (or what we thought was the center) to indicate the equator. Then, we marked the North and South poles. After we finished marking everything, we observed which direction the balloon rotates when observing from both poles. One partner then drew a line from North Pole to the equator. The same went for the South Pole.