Posted by Tim Everett on Friday, 18 December 1998, at 10:37 a.m.
Pennfield Central Elementary Final Report
From Pennfield Central Elementary, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA (85 W, 42 N)
This is some of the information we discovered in doing The Global Temperature Project:
1. Our own temperature was well above normal at this time of year. We wondered if other areas were similarly above normal.
2. Schools in the southern hemisphere (Australia) were hotter and had more day light. We came to the conclusion that this was because it was the summer months.
3. As you went farther north the temperatures became colder and the days became shorter. We questioned how this effected school children when they do not have much daylight.
4. We recorded similarities and differences and noticed that schools near us had many similarities and few differences and as we traveled farther away there were fewer similarities and more differences. We wanted to get more information about the regions to see if there are more similarities and differences other than temperature.
This was a good project and we enjoyed participating.
Pennfield Central Elementary Battle Creek, Michigan teverett@remc12.k12.mi.us