Activity One
Weather Data Collection Project
We are online with Global Schoolhouse at:
http://www.globalschoolhouse.org/pr/_cfm/GetDetail.cfm?pID=1994
Our science classes have always collected
weather data from the newspaper for major cities. A junior high
science class would like to collect weather data from all over the
world to compare with our weather for that day. We will divide into
teams for the analyzing of the data. Please collect your data on
the online spreadsheet located at http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/lnorman/weather.htm
and you can e-mail your copy to lnorman@pekin.net
as an attachment. Our project will allow both the participants and
us to collect data globally. We will post our data every Monday
for the previous week for those who would like to use Pekin, Illinois
61554 weather data. Pekin is located in central Illinois approximately
300 miles south of Chicago and 250 miles north of St. Louis, MO.
Participants: We invite any
student from sixth grade to eighth grade to collect data for us.
Please e-mail the project coordinator with the
following information to take part in the project:
Name
School
City, State, Country
Grade Level
Project Level:
Basic
Project Beginning and Ending
Dates: We begin on June 21, 2002 our project.
June 21 2002 to June 1, 2003
Age Range:
6th grade-8th grade
Objectives:
Real world science data collection,
integrate math through the use of spreadsheets to publish data collection,
and scientific study of weather comparison. Our junior high students
will enter the temperature highs, lows, and current temperature for each
local on a spreadsheet. Then, they will compare and contrast weather temperature
highs, lows, and current temperatures with bar graphs. Your classes may
also use the collective data spreadsheet to graph real world data. This
project will be used this summer for a course Linda Norman, project coordinator,
is taking through the University of Illinois Champaign.
Project Coordinator:
Linda Norman lnorman@pekin.net
Junior High Learning Center teacher in Pekin
School District 108, Pekin, IL 61554, and master's degree student in Cirrocumuli,
Technology, and Educational Reform (CTER) at University of Illinois Champaign.
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Instructions: Please join our project by e-mailing the coordinator. Then, go to http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/lnorman/weather.htm to set up your spreadsheet like it the one located there is. E-mail the finished spreadsheet as an attachment to lnorman@pekin.net A sample of a completed one can be seen at http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/lnorman/sample.html When filling in the temperatures, please take the high, low, and a current temperature. We would like you to complete a week, but more is great. Please e-mail it to the project coordinator then at the end of each week. Then, our class will update the collective spreadsheet at http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/lnorman/conditions.htm We hope you find it an educational experience. |
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Last updated:21 June 2002