Windows Around the World

How long is the Day? Counting Day Light Hours
Using images collected every hour for 24 hours, students can count the number of hours that are light in each town and in polar, temperate and tropical locations. In addition to mathematics this demonstrates geographical and seasonal changes in day length.   Primarily for grades K-2, but could be combined with graphing activities for older grades.

Count on the Weather?
Practice using a calendar and count the number of sunny, rainy, cloudy, snowy days in Aklavik, Northwest Territories Canada, Paulatuk, Northwest Territories Canada or Franklin, Massachusetts, USA   Designed for grades K-2 but could be modified for older grades.

Subtraction Using Visual Day length Data
Using 24 hour filmstrips that show day length, students can calculate changes in day length between towns or between different days within one town. In addition to mathematics, this demonstrates geographical and seasonal changes.   Primarily for grades 1-3, but could be combined with essay explanation questions or graphing for older grades.

What fraction of the day is light?
Using 24 hour filmstrips that show when it is light and dark, students can calculate what fraction of the day is light or dark. In addition, to mathematics, this exercise can be used to show geographical and seasonal changes.   Designed for grades 4-6.

Graphing weather conditions
Using the weather condition data entered by students in the Windows Around the World program or determined by the web cameras, create a chart of the weather. Can also be used in conjunction with units on weather or geography.   Primarily for grades 3-6, but could be used by younger grades.

Graphing day light
Using 24 hour filmstrips showing day light, student can create graphs showing differences between towns, polar, temperate and tropical locations or throughout the year. Can also be used with units on solar system, geography or seasonal or daily changes.   Primarily for grades 3-6.

Comparing and Contrast Polar, Temperate and Tropical Regions Using Visual Data
Images collected with the web cameras are used to compare and contrast day length, ground coverage, weather and the environments. Can be used to demonstrate global connections, regional environmental characteristics.   Grades 1-6.

Comparing and Contrasting the Seasons
Large images show what it looks like at noon in the middle of winter, spring, summer and fall in polar and temperate areas. The images can be used as a comparison / contrast activity for seeing differences between seasons and between regions or combined with the “seeing seasonal changes activity” below.   Grades 1-6.

Cut and Paste the Seasons
Large images show what it looks like at noon in the middle of winter in polar and temperate towns. Cut out the images and using the worksheet, paste them in order.   Grades K-2.

Seeing Seasonal Changes
Visual data is used to show seasonal changes in day length, ground coverage, weather and vegetation   Grades 1-6.

Seeing the solstice and equinox using visual data
Using 24 h filmstrips and visual data students can see and learn about summer and winter solstice and the spring and fall equinox and they can compare these special events in polar and temperate location   Grades 3-6.

Weather - data analysis
Using the temperature and weather condition data, students can learn about data and data collection for scientific studies. It also can be used for seeing differences in weather for different towns in polar and temperate regions.   Grades 4-6.

Weather - percentages
Using the weather condition data, students can calculate the percentage of days that are each weather type for 3 of the schools in the Windows Around the World program   Grades 4-6.

Word Problems
Questions that challenge students to compute answers using information learned from visual data in the Windows Around the World program   Grades 4-6.

Graph interpretations
Day length and temperature charts are available to help students read graphs and to answer questions   Grades 3-6.