REQUIREMENTS

    Overview

    Requirements
      Schedule

     Teacher Area

    Steps to Follow
    		 Data Collection

     Final Reports

     Assessment

    Student Area

     Glossary

    CCC Standards

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    GENERAL

    Middle school students from across the eastern U.S. and Canada are welcome to participate in this project.  There is no fee to participate.

    Photographs are a very helpful, but not a vital part of our data. Therefore, film developing funds or the availability of a digital camera should be a consideration, or if you have a scanner, contact the Polaroid company to find out about their school projects and get a camera for free. But don't let the lack of this equipment stop you from participating. You can always write a description of what you see.

    The project will run from September 21, 1999 through December 13, 1999, however, classes can be added throughout the autumn season.

    MATERIALS

    Camera, see above Trees! Specifically one MAPLE tree
    Graphs Journal/Log for each student
    Computer(s) and printer(s) Internet access and email account(s)
    Classroom thermometer to record daily 
    high temperatures    		 Spreadsheets (e-mailed from site)
    Newspaper, television, or Internet for data collection  (sunrise and sunset)

    PROCESS

    Students are divided into groups of 4-6 students.  Group (either small groups or whole class) will adopt one MAPLE tree in the area of their school.  Groups track the changes in the colors on the trees. They use transparent graph paper to make mathematical computations to analyze the percentage of color change each week.  They compare this data with data collected on the weather and amount of daylight.  By comparing locally collected data with data from other schools, students determine whether temperature, altitude, hours of sunlight, or other factors are the most important indicators affecting color change in trees.
     

    General Schedule for Collaborative Data: SPECIAL NOTE:  If you are just seeing this for the first time, please try to join and send us pictures of your local maple tree. We can still get started from this date until the leaves are off!!!
    September 1, 2000 - 
    September 15, 2000    		 Registration Dates, submit school information.
    September 1, 2000 - September 15, 2000 Preliminary lessons for Teachers.  (see Teacher pages)
    September 18, 2000 - September 22, 2000 Project begins! Organize groups, adopt-a-tree, preliminary hypothesis, spreadsheet  ( see Steps area)
    September 25, 2000 - 
    December 1, 2000    		 Continue project with daily & weekly data input, log and
    Submit data each Monday.
    December 4, 2000 -
    December 8, 2000    		 Submit final reports to site.
    If you think that you may be interested in participating in our project please send e-mail to: marguandre222@yahoo.com

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