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Wind speed and direction, October 30, 2012; 

The folks at hint.fm invent new ways for people to think and talk about data. Above is a screenshot of one of their wind maps. Click here to find a live wind map from hint.fm. It is mesmerizing.

1. What do you think was happening on October 30, 2012? How can you find that above?



2. Click the live wind map. What patterns are you noticing? Where do there appear to be weather events happening right now?


3. Click on your favorite weather app to find a radar map of the U.S, like Weather Underground. Does the live radar picture match the wind map?

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#awesomegraphs use data and visual mathematical modeling to tell a story. This blog helps students discover the math behind the data behind the story

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The summer of 2017 featured a significant number of flooding events in and around Indiana County. Several storms dumped a significant amount of rain over a short period of time, overwhelming local creeks and other stormwater runoff causing flooding in many residential and commercial buildings.

Below are data collected in the Marsh Run, and other named streams. Thanks to water expert Dr. Katie Farnsworth from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and her water monitoring project for making these possible.

1. Study the graph above. Write 6 lines describing what information is shown.

2. If you haven't already, describe what the orange and blue lines represent. How do they relate to eachother?

3. Study the graph above. Write 6 lines describing the data presented here. Why does it have the odd jagged shape that it does?

4. What time was it raining the hardest?