As is so often the case, I found a wonderful global project via Twitter!
This collaborative project is a fabulous way to learn about weather, geography, technology, and culture. Thanks to Mrs. Ladd and Ms. Stefopoulou for creating and facilitating this project! Follow the project on Twitter using the hashtag #sdim18.
Today was day 1, but you can join at any time during the month of March. To kick off the project, we went outside with some weather tools.
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| Photo by Mrs. Yollis |
We used thermometers for measuring the air temperature and set up a rain gauge to measure the forecasted rain on Friday.
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| Photo by Mrs. Yollis |
Learning how to read the thermometer was one of the first lessons we learned.
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| Photo by Mrs. Yollis |
From the NOAA National Weather Service, we learned that it will definitely be raining tomorrow! Good thing we have our rain gauge out to see how many inches of rain we receive.
Don't forget your umbrella tomorrow!
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| Photo by Mr. Seliskar |
UPDATE:
Although rain was predicted throughout the day, we only received .3 of an inch from 8:00 until 2:00.
We used Google Earth to "visit" the communities that are in the project. As we zoomed out, we tried to classify each community. Is it an urban community, a suburban community, or a rural community? Some students took a screenshot and uploaded the information to Seesaw and added it to our "Same Day in March" folder.
We also placed sticky notes on the locations. What do you notice about the classes that joined from the United States?
Are there any classes in the project that live in a place that is new to you? Because of their location, will their weather be similar to ours?
What are the names of some clouds we might see? What do they look like?
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