Project 3: Project Groundhog
General Information
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Lead Teacher:
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Heidi Gatherall - Learning Resources Teacher
hgathera@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca
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School:
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Newtown Elementary School
25 Jackman Drive
Mount Pearl, NF
A1N 2P5
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Grade Level:
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Grades 3
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Number of Students:
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30
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Project Start and Finish Dates:
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January to March
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Learning Objectives
- Students will conduct a study for weather preferences and make a bar graph of the survey.
- Students will construct a pictograph of weather survey results.
- Students will observe clouds, note kind which usually precede certain types of weather.
- Students will investigate how weather conditions influence a study site (trees tagged behind the school) and keep a nature journal to record observations of site weekly.
- Students will predict whether the groundhog will see his/her shadow and whether the prediction is dependable.
- Students will track the weather daily and calculate average weekly temperature and count the number of days that were cloudy, sunny, rainy, snowy, etc.
- Students will use the internet to connect with students in other parts of the province and continent, learning about their communities and weather during the study.
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