The Great American Eclipse

I created a line graph that summarizes the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse. I used data to create my graph. I studied it because I thought it was interesting and cool. I went to Doko Meadows Park in Blythewood, South Carolina to collect my data. When I studied the eclipse my mom, dad, little brother, mom's friends, and the public were with me.

The Solar Eclipse of August 21, 2017

Field Notebook — 1

Field Notebook — 2

Field Notebook — 3

Data Table

My data table has time and temperature between data points. I brought a weather station to the park to read time and temperature. Time was in units of minutes. I started collecting data at 1:17 in the afternoon. I converted my data to time elapsed to make plotting it easier. For example, I made 1:17 into 0. Temperature was in units of degrees Fahrenheit.

Original Data Table

Formatted Data Table

Time (p.m.)	Time (min.)	Temperature (°F)
1:17	0	99	.3
1:24	7	102	.0
1:34	17	99	.7
1:44	27	98	.4
1:54	37	96	.3
2:04	47	95	.0
2:14	57	93	.0
2:24	67	90	.9
2:34	77	89	.4
2:44	87	87	.1
2:59	102	84	.7
3:09	112	85	.5
3:18	121	86	.2

Line Plot

My graph (line plot) shows how temperature changes with time during the eclipse. Time was on the X axis (left to right) and temperature was on the Y axis (up and down). When the eclipse started the temperature went down; I think this is because the Moon cast a shadow. On the line plot the temperature went down in a straight line. The temperature went down for about 1:30 because the Moon was covering more and more of the Sun. Right after this was totality. After totality the temperature went up again because the Moon was uncovering the Sun.