Group project

Examples

Learning Objectives

• Develop an understanding of what can be achieved in one day

Some of the group projects that have been undertaken in previous workshops are listed below. These should give you an idea of the scope of a project that can be undertaken.

Mapping weather forecasts

The Met Office produces accessible .csv files with weather forecasts for various locations across the UK every three hours over the next 24 hours. This project downloaded this data and plotted the results on a map. The user selected the time to plot. The files are located at https://github.com/dpfinch/MetData.

DNA data for alphaproteobacteria

Alphaproteobacteria are thought to have different ratios of base pairs in their DNA depending on environmental conditions. This project sought to test this idea by reading DNA sequences in the festa file format, calculate the base pair ratio, and explore how this changes with the latitude where the sample was collected. The files are located at https://github.com/CyanoEvo/global_G-C_map.

Fit equations of state

The relationship between pressure and density of materials in the Earth’s deep interior can be described by several different equations of state. This project sought to compare the fit of different equations to various data sets. The files are located at https://github.com/gracecox/EoSeval.