SCIENCEPOWER 10
Student Resources
Chapter 14: Air, Water, and Solar Energy
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El Niņo's Effects on Canada
http://www.ocgy.ubc.ca/projects/clim.pred/enso.canada.html
How does an El Niņo affect the salmon fishery in British Columbia? Where in Canada is the temperature most affected by El Niņo? Find the answers to these questions here - they may surprise you!
El Niņo Report
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/el.nino/
This CNN site has a vast amount of information on numerous aspects of El Niņo. Although it concentrates on the United States, the effects on Canada and South America are also discussed.
Other Great Web Sites for Chapter 14
Get Weather Phenomena Statistics for Your City
http://www.worldclimate.com
This is a great reference. Enter the name of any city in the world to learn its latitude, average precipitation, average temperatures, and related facts. Useful for the Science Inquiry Activity "The Gulf Stream and Climate."
Hours of Daylight Online Data
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/data/docs/RS_OneYear.html
This site calculates sunrise and sunset times for every major city in the United States. To check cities in Canada and elsewhere, use Form B and enter the longitude and latitude of the location. You can either save the data as a text file or print it.
