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I am helping some students made models for a Science fair. They'll make 1" = 1' scale models of these in sculpey and wood:

1. Roman court-houses with water features.
2. A Persian wind catcher.
3. Indian fountain cooling.

We will use a box fan to simulate wind and an infrared thermometer to examine temperature changes.

1. Though at scale, will miniature models will still demonstrate the cooling effects?

2. Would the decreased temperature be greater of lesser for the scale model relative to the real world architecture?

I am helping some students made models for a Science fair. They'll make 1:12 scale (one-scale) models of these in sculpey and wood:

1. Roman court-houses with water features.
2. A Persian wind catcher.
3. Indian fountain cooling.

We will use a box fan to simulate wind and an infrared thermometer to examine temperature changes.

1. Though at scale, will miniature models will still demonstrate the cooling effects?

2. Would the decreased temperature be greater of lesser for the scale model relative to the real world architecture?

I am helping some students made models for a Science fair. They'll make 1" = 1' scale models of these in sculpey and wood:

1. Roman court-houses with water features.
2. A Persian wind catcher.
3. Indian fountain cooling.

We will use a box fan to simulate wind and an infrared thermometer to examine temperature changes. Last year, the students produced fairly accurate, to-scale castles with exceptional detail-level, so we are confident the students can make a good representation of these in model form, based on some real blue-prints.

1. Is it likely these miniature models will still demonstrate the cooling effects, even when made so small?

2. What would likely be the major difference between what the students observe at the miniature level compared to what happens in the real world with the full-sized designs?

I am helping some students made models for a Science fair. They'll make 1" = 1' scale models of these in sculpey and wood:

1. Roman court-houses with water features.
2. A Persian wind catcher.
3. Indian fountain cooling.

We will use a box fan to simulate wind and an infrared thermometer to examine temperature changes.

1. Though at scale, will miniature models will still demonstrate the cooling effects?

2. Would the decreased temperature be greater of lesser for the scale model relative to the real world architecture?