What a poor example the adult set for the students! Better to have used a
decimal fraction with degree C, then do the thing in degree F.
Linda Bergeron
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Harry Wyeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Harry Wyeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:36406] Total eclipse
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:38:42 -0800
Speaking of gloomy stuff (like Reagan's stuff), on the webcast this morning
(in California) of the total solar eclipse from Turkey a group of students
was filmed doing a chart of the falling temperature as the moon's shadow
approached.
The leader of the student group (an adult) related the data to the announcer
in degrees F. This from a group of Turkish students. Maybe it was because
the temp only dropped about 5-6 deg C and they wanted more detail.
HARRY WYETH
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