coriolis on the equator

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From: Mike Schulist (schulist@marin.k12.ca.us)
Date: Mon Jan 10 2000 - 07:14:08 PST 

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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:14:08 +0100
From: schulist@marin.k12.ca.us (Mike Schulist)
Subject: coriolis on the equator

While studying weather and coriolis effect, my eighth grade students asked
an interesting question that I could not answer: If systems in the
northern hemisphere spin counter-clockwise and those in the southern
hemisphere spin clockwise, which way do they spin directly on the equator?
(I used water draining into a hole as my example of coriolis effect, and
I'm not sure this is accurate either...) Can anyone help us? Thanks!
                                Mike Schulist
                                Miller Creek Middle School.

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