Geography fieldwork microclimate study at HCI

Group 8 (2o3)Lin Yuan Xun

Wu Yi FanDong Jiaxi

Moo Jun Wei

Introduction of this project14/1/2014, we were given a task to find out

about the temperature of places in our school.

There is a total of 7 locations.A 2 day long project.Given a device that costs $100 so we must

handle it with care.The seven locations are:

Top floor of Multistorey carpark

Garden outside printing centre

Open space between canteen and block C

Terraces

Field

Running tracks

Fountain area outside General office

HypothesisOur hypothesis is that places that are

concrete surfaced will have a higher temperature than places that are not concrete surfaced as concrete absorb heat easily compare to the other locations.

Temperature of the first day (14/1/14)Sites Temperature 150cm above ground

Description of location

Top floor of Multistorey car park

31.6 cloudy

Garden outside printing centre

30.3 cloudy with vegetations

Open space between canteen and Block C

31.7 clear

Terraces 30.7 slightly cloudy

Field 30.8 cloudy

Running Track 30.8 slightly cloudy

Fountain area outside General office

30.8 slightly cloudy, beside water

Temperature of the second day (15/1/14)Sites Temperature 150cm above ground

Description of location

Top floor of Multistorey car park

29.1 cloudy, windy

Garden outside printing centre

27.6 shady with vegetations

Open space between canteen and Block C

30.2 shady

Terraces 27.7 slightly cloudy

Field 28.7 slightly cloudy

Running Track 28.9 cloudy

Fountain area outside General office

28.0 shady, beside water

Comparison of two daysSites Temperature Average

Day 1 Day 2

Top floor of Multistorey car park

31.6 29.1 30.35

Garden outside printing centre

30.3 27.6 28.95

Open space between canteen and Block C

31.7 30.2 30.95

Terraces 30.7 27.7 29.2

Field 30.8 28.7 29.75

Running Track 30.8 28.9 29.85

Fountain area outside General office

30.8 28.0 29.4

Concrete placesTop floor of multistorey car parkOpen space between canteen and Block CTerracesFountain area outside General officeNon-concrete placesGarden outside printing centreFieldRunning track

Ranking(Highest temperature to lowest)

1 Open space between canteen and Block C

2 Top floor of Multistorey car park

3 Running Track

4 Field

5 Fountain area outside General office

6 Terraces

7 Garden outside printing centre

The data collected is different from the finding of class 2o4.

The reason is because it was done at different time so there will be changes in temperature.

There are no surprising discoveryBut we can conclude that places with plants

are cooler than places that does not.

Revisiting hypothesisOur hypothesis is that places that are

concrete surfaced will have a higher temperature than places that are not concrete surfaced as concrete absorb heat easily compare to the other locations.

It was rejected as places that are not concrete surfaced turn out to have a higher temperature than places that are. The field which is not concrete surfaced have an average of 29.75C but the terraces which is concrete surfaced have an average temperature of 29.20C.

Due to the fact that there are a lot of trees around the school, there will be a lot of shade.

So we cannot confirm that places with concrete surface will have a higher temperatures as there are always other factors that are affecting it.

UnderstandingThis project allowed

us to understand the topic much better as we learned how little factors can make a big change.

This project make the topic easier to understand compared to just using textbook knowledge as the project is interesting, fun and engaging.

Thank you!