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Secondary School Bogdan Voda Radauti (2024 CyberFair Project ID 8742)
Romania,
Radauti
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 7. Environmental Awareness
We estimate 5 student(s) from 14 to 15 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Our local communty is located in Romania , a Central European Country. Situated in the center of the depression with the same name, at an altitude of 360-380 m, Radauti has established its hearth in the confluence angle of Suceava with Sucevita. The oblong form of the dumps (NV-SE) favors the conduct of the wind blowing in this way, and the numerous water surfaces introduce some changes in the normal way of meteorological elements. The average annual temperature is 6.9°C; the average annual temperature of July is 18.2°C and of January -5.3°C. The average annual rainfall is 643.6mm. The clime is temperate. At first sight, an opened territory, the area of the town called Radauti is well hidden in a natural way, by the swampy land that surrounds it. This natural protection, associated with the vast possibilities of practicing the agriculture and cattle rising, have made Radauti, from the ancient times, an adequated place for living (the oldest signs found are from 7000 years ago). The first document that certifies the town dates from 1392, where Radauti was mentioned as the village of Radomir, making part of his properties, from which, as some versions say, it is supposed to have derived the name of the town. Other opinions say that the settlement has its origins in old times and the name “Radauti” comes from the latin word Rottacenum, given by the soldiers to name the roman garrison in Siret. Under slave influences we assist at a distortion of the original name Rottacenum and its conversion to Radauti, as it appears in later documents. The name of the town proceeds from the name “Radu”, probably a ruler of the local community before the foundation of Moldavia. The oldest certification documentary of Radauti dates from 1413, in a document of Alexander The Kind. At the middle of XIV century, there was already a flourishing settlement here, so that Bogdan I (1359-1365) decided to build at Radauti the main church of the country, which became the center of a bishopry. The archeological researches have found, around the St. Nicolas church (Bogdana Monastery) some proofs of human habitance previous to Bogdan’s age, which would plead for the existance, in Radauti, of an anterior center to the formation of the state.
Project Description: Water is known to be really important to humans and all it's properties influence the quality of life. Our group decided to deepen the informations related to the specific heat of water and it's influence on the climate. Water has a high specific heat. This means that in order to increase the temperature of the water, it has to absorbs a lot of heat per unit mass. The influence of the specific heat of water on the climate is explained as the fact that having a high value, water can minimize temperature changes, that help especially in regulating weather and climate in general. The land cools faster than the ocean from the moment on which the sun sets and the slowly cooling water can release heat of the nearby ground during the night. Meaning, in the cold season the water warms the earth, and in the hot season The water cools it. Of course, this influence is the most visible in coastal areas, but on a global average, it affects the whole planet.