Project: Spring Around the World 2001

Date of Project:  March 20,2001

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. This project
will address a number of state and national standards.

Subjects: This project may include 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: Classes from around the world

Summary: On Tuesday, March 20, 2001 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 has been created for this project at:
http://www.wiredteaching.org/spring2001/

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:

               quirk@dreamscape.com
You will need to send the following information:

Teacher's Name:
School Name
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
Instructional Technology Specialist
Baldwinsville Central School District
Baldwinsville, NY
mailto:quirk@dreamscape.com