CCMS Student Projects

2011 CCMS students Addison Callan, Nathan Ritchie, and Zachary Jones Each year, the State Climate Office hosts students from Centennial Campus Middle School in an internship program extending from mid-fall through early spring of the following year. This program is designed to introduce the students to the scientific process, as well as to the different aspects of North Carolina's climate through data analysis and research. Students divide into 2-person "teams" and are required to propose a hypothesis with respect to a weather- or climate-related phenomenon of interest, retrieve and analyze climate information needed to research their hypothesis, and create a webpage to display their findings. Below is a list of projects completed by these students.

» Where Does Our Water Go? [1]
A 2011 project by CCMS student Addison Callan

» Radiation Correlations [2]
A 2011 project by CCMS students, Zachary Jones and Nathan Ritchie

» Ice Days Climatology for North Carolina [3]
A 2010 project by CCMS students, Megan Bohm and Chloe Pearson

» Winter and Spring Correlations [4]
A 2010 project by CCMS students, Kylie Cross and Moises Diaz

» Where is it Snowing in North Carolina? [5]
A 2009 project by CCMS students, Lilly Stell and Lauren Harris

» Temperature and Precipitation Correlations [6]
A 2009 project by CCMS student, Illirik Smirnov

» Do the Sources of North Carolina's Water Supply Influence the Region's Ability to Withstand a Drought? [7]
A 2008 project by CCMS students, Prakhar Naithani and Zack Heath

» Tornadoes in North Carolina [8]
A 2008 project by CCMS students, Steven Terry and Michael Mantione

» Thunder, Wind, and Hail: A climatology of hail and severe thunderstorms in NC [9]
A 2005 project by CCMS students, Ashley Kirby and Carly Lippart

» Hurricane + Tornado = Disaster [10]
A 2005 project by CCMS students, Rob Collis and Cedrick Broadhurst

» Do Summer and Spring Climates Correlate? [11]
A 2004 project by CCMS students, Kellie Dean and Alex Pherribo

» Urbanization and Climate Variation [12]
A 2004 project by CCMS students, Anna Estrada-Reyes and Jamie Bottomley

» The Effect of the Gulf Stream on Frontogenesis in North Carolina [13]
A 2003 project by CCMS students, Ben Reid and Jon Bolding