Experiment #3 - Solar Irradiance

X Francis Acoba #64
X Ayman Alharbi #5 (Expt. #2?)
X Katie Baird #78
Victoria Breckenridge #73
X Chris Burns #30
Jessica Bynum #91
X Ryan Cella (Expt. 2)
X Max Danoff #80
X Emily Desilets #65
X Jacqueline Duran #10
X Keith Gallardo Blaksley #82
X Emily Gates #66
X Justin Hathaway #86
Mikhaila Janes #74
X Jerry Jones #57
X Megan Kelch #86 (Expt. 2)
Mandeep Khatri
X Karla Ledezma #28
X Qi Li #11

X Ben Litman #36
X Xiaohan Luo #24
Kyrillos Mansour #19
X Sydney McCollough #76
Bryan Mendez
Matthew Minsky #83
X Nina Nardone #170 (Expt. 2)
X Mariah Orozco #103
Carly Osorio #37
X Luke Pancrazi #16
Trevor Parry # 50
X Kaylene Patti #56 (report due Apr. 1)
X Zach Quinonez #79
Cleraldo Rezende #76
Christina Rivera #23
X Yasmene Rivera #9
X Sophia Rogers #86 (Expt. 2)
X Matthew Ryan #41
X Zach Slade #42
X Eric Somekh #69
X Grady Sommerville #56
Yiming Sun #89
X Juan Carlos Talavera #55
X Jay Ward #15
X Mack Woods #112 (Expt. 2)
Ricky Wu #88
X Monica Zhang #98


Materials were distributed for the first time on Wed., Feb. 27.  More materials will be available on Mon., Mar. 11, the first day after Spring Break.  You'll then have 2 weeks to complete the experiment and prepare your report.

Here are some links that will allow you to download copies of the report format sheet, the experiment instructions, and the data collection sheet.

The experiment doesn't take very long to complete, but it does require sunny weather without wind (it's best to perform the experiment around midday when the sunlight is most intense).  Don't wait until the last minute to collect the data, you don't know what the weather will be like. 
Here's a little more information about the experiment.

Your thermometer might have a separated column.  If so, see these special instructionsThe thermometers do not contain mercury; if you break one carefully clean up the pieces of glass and either bring them back to me or safely dispose of them.

Once you have collected your data, return your materials (your name will turn orange once you've done that) and pick up the supplementary information handout.   Do this well before your report is due, the supplementary information sheet will show you how to use your measurements to calculate the solar irradiance. 

Unless noted otherwise reports are due on Mon., Mar. 25.