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Explains common behaviors that teachers sometimes wrongly teach their students.
www.ems.psu.edu
Tells how the Coriolis effect is caused by the Earth's rotation.
ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu
Getting Around The Coriolis Force
A simple way to understand the Coriolis effect, and how it affects weather patterns.
www.physics.ohio-state.edu
Gives the formula, and has pictures to help visualize the effect.
en.wikipedia.org
USAToday.com: Understanding the Coriolis Force
Explains the Coriolis effect, and how it relates to hurricanes and draining toilets.
www.usatoday.com
Answers questions about if the Coriolis effect determines which way water drains down a sink, and if it affects black holes.
curious.astro.cornell.edu
Diagrams help explain the Coriolis effect.
abyss.uoregon.edu
Explains how the Coriolis effect, friction, and the geostrophic winds are related.
www.uwsp.edu
UKDivers.net: The Coriolis Effect
Overview of the Coriolis effect, and how it influences the trade winds.
www.ukdivers.net
Observe How the Coriolis Effect Influences Wind Direction.
Animation showing how the winds should blow without the Coriolis effect, and how they actually blow.
www.classzone.com
Offers pictures and a movie which help explain the Coriolis effect.
science.nasa.gov
Experiment to see the Coriolis effect which uses a turntable or globe, a ruler and chalk.
www.nws.noaa.gov
This experiment shows the effects of the Coriolis force, which determines the directions of a hurricane's spiral.
chainreaction.asu.edu
Offers a fairly simple explanation of why objects curve on the Earth when they should move straight.
stratus.ssec.wisc.edu
Offers an illustration of how an object moving in a straight path on a rotating sphere will be seen by an observer that is not rotating.
www-das.uwyo.edu