Project Title: Spring Around the World
Date of Project: March 20,2000
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to gather information from a
variety of locations regarding the temperature on the first day of
Spring. Students will be able to use this information to help them
understand differences in weather all around the world.
Subjects: This project may include, but is not limited to, the following
NYS Standards:
ELA Standard 1: language for information and understanding
ELA Standard 2: language for literary response and expression
ELA Standard 3: language for critical analysis and evaluation
Social Studies: Standard 3: Geography
Math, Science and Technology
Standard 2: information systems
Standard 3: mathematics
Standard 5: technology
Grade level: primary classes from around the world, grades K-3 (ages 5-9)
Summary: On Monday, March 20, 2000 record the outside temperature at
12:00 noon (your time) and send that information to the project
coordinator. The data collected will then be forwarded to all
participating classes. With this data you are then free to do as you
wish. What can you do to add to this project or work with this
information? Share literature about Spring with your class. Use
predicting skills before the data is in: which locations do you think
will have higher/lower temperatures than yours? Based on the weather in
your area recently, take a guess at what you think the temperature will
be on the first day of Spring. Make a graphic organizer about the changes
that happen as Spring arrives. You can graph the temperatures for math,
locate the participating classes on a map for social studies, write a
story about Spring in a different part of the world and compare it to
your location for Language Arts, draw a picture of Spring for Art, make
a quilt of Spring pictures, etc. A web site will be created for this
project at: http://www.dreamscape.com/quirk/spring/
Number of participants: unlimited
Project Coordinator: Diane Quirk
How to register: Please register to participate by contacting the project
coordinator, Diane Quirk, at this e-mail address no later than Monday,
March 13, 2000:
quirk@dreamscape.com
You will need to send the following information:
Teacher's Name:
Grade Level:
Your Location (city, state, country, province):
Teacher's e-mail address:
You must be able to send your temperature information no later than
Tuesday, March 21 to participate in this project. Any questions you have
concerning the project can also be sent to the above address. Since
having a variety of geographic locations will be of benefit with this
project, I would encourage you to share this call for participation with
others. Thank you.
Diane Quirk
Second Grade Teacher
Van Buren Elementary School
Baldwinsville, NY
http://www.dreamscape.com/quirk
quirk@dreamscape.com