The winter can be cold and snowy but that s what snow days are far. Spring can come quickly or sometimes it is very slow in arriving. Spring also can be a short visitor with summer coming on strong. We love the four seasons as they each offer a different view of our land. This is a program in which students are able to find out more about the environment in their area.
Students take daily measurements of temperature and precipitation.
We square out an area on the school grounds, and from that we find out about some of the plants in the area and some information on them. We also take measurements at a stream, testing for the temperature and other things. All that we find out is sent over the Internet to a group of scientists, and this helps them to keep track of the weather all over the U.S. and the world but on a more local basis. This helps them to track global warming, as well as other things.