Collect weather data for one week to exchange with another class in North Carolina. Explain that classes will be collecting weather data for one week and at the end of that week, they will telecompute the data to all participating classes. The data will include temperature, wind direction, type of precipitation, and amount of cloud cover.
Students can then use the data to create weather maps using appropriate symbols.
Send this message at least six weeks before the target week. Schedule time at the school telecomputing center for the Monday after the data collection week. Explain to the class that they will be collecting weather data each day this week, while other classes in North Carolina will be doing the same. Tell them that at the end of the week, each of the classes will be sending their collected data to via telecomputing. Explain that the class will be using the data on the following Monday to create weather maps of North Carolina for the week.