Yet Shackleton prayed for a storm. At last the storm came. His positon readings showed that in six days they had travelled nearly eighty miles to the northnortheast. Paulet Island was to the northwest but the storm had given him hope. Using meter sticks and stop watches, have them measure the speed of their floes across the tub under the influence of the hair dryer generated wind.
Remarks Have each group do at least ten trials.
Suggest that they vary the floe materials,wind speed, and angle and come to some conclusion about which situation makes the floe move the fastest. Try adding islands to the tub and look for refraction patterns using packing popcorn as one of your floe materials. Have a class discussion or sharing of their results. Compare their model wind speed and floe speed to Shackleton's results. You are at 78S 50 E. Locate this posuition in the Weddell Sea.