In our first lab, we calculated that during a two inch rainstorm, about 88,000 gallons of water fall on the Willet Science Center parking lot. Just to give some perspective, a swimming pool holds about 10,000 gallons of water; so, almost 9 swimming pools of water fell on just that one parking lot! This stresses the importance of having a good drainage system for any sort of construction project. Can you imagine the castastrophe that would result from that much water pooling on that parking lot??
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Volume of Rainfall
In our first lab, we calculated that during a two inch rainstorm, about 88,000 gallons of water fall on the Willet Science Center parking lot. Just to give some perspective, a swimming pool holds about 10,000 gallons of water; so, almost 9 swimming pools of water fell on just that one parking lot! This stresses the importance of having a good drainage system for any sort of construction project. Can you imagine the castastrophe that would result from that much water pooling on that parking lot??
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson is an American Marine Biologist and Conservationist. She began her professional career as an aquatic biologist in the U.S. Bureau of fisheries and was an avid writer of nature by the 1950's. By the late 1950's, she turned her sights to nature conservation, where she received significant recognition for her book Silent Night. This book opened the eyes of many Americans who were unaware of the detrimental effects the synthetic pesticides have on the environment. Her book led to the nationwide ban on the pesticide DDT among other pesticides and created grassroot movements leading to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
For more information about Rachel Carson, visit
http://clinton2.nara.gov/WH/EOP/OVP/24hours/carson.html
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