Southern Storm

A hurricane off the coast of Brazil is unprecedented. It is a left spiral because it is in the southern hemisphere.

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Corey #12: Gaspard’s Apple

Corey shoots Gaspard’s apple and wins his prize.

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Coriolis animation

Coriolis animation from NASA

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Corey’s Bow #9 Latitude Gardens

#9  Latitude Gardens That night, Corey fell asleep wishing he could tell Gaspard what he had learned in New Zealand. He wondered if GGC-1835 had a southern hemisphere… “Of course I have a southern hemisphere!” said Gaspard. They were walking along with a bright patch of buttercups to their left, a most unusual planting in [...]

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Corey’s Bow #8 Windy Wellington

“I suppose everything will be turned around now, — north, south, east and west, all falling left of target, instead of right.” He stood very still, going over everything he had learned in the northern hemisphere, re-drawing everything in his mind until he was satisfied that all the directions were reversed. Then he shook his head and aimed very carefully right of the fencepost.

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Corey’s Bow #7 Pete’s Equation

Corey muses on various things that might be turned from a straight flight, just because the Earth turns. Pete has an equation about it.

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Corey’s Bow #5: Lunch with Gaspard

If you have not been following the story of Corey and his bow, you’ll want to go to Corey’s page and catch up. Part 5: Lunch with Gaspard “Let’s have some lunch,” Gaspard proposed. “I have my lunch basket here by the tree, and we can talk. Perhaps you have some questions, and then we [...]

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Corey’s Bow (part 3): The Jumblies

Corey learns that a ball thrown from a wagon adds the motion of the wagon to the motion of the throw.

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Corey’s New Bow

The beginning of an explanation of Coriolis effect with a story about a child’s bow and arrow.

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