Final Report - June, 2003

We were surprised by the results we observed. We thought initially that the schools closer to the equator would have a longer day. We talked about where this idea came from and all we can come up with is that as young students we always heard that it was sunny at the equator.

This year we had a helicopter pilot emailing us from Antarctica. We had learned about how the Earth tilts and creates 6 months of darkness in Antarctica. We just didn’t realize that it affects us here in Sea Girt, too. Currently we are having some of our longest days. Our temperatures have been unseasonably low this year. Even today, we are 15 degrees below our normal high.

We had fun learning about the other schools and their climates. We are happy that so many schools from countries other than our own participated. We tried to communicate with several schools, but unfortunately never heard back from them.

Thanks for having this project on the Internet. We had fun!

So long from the Sixth Grade at Sea Girt Elementary School on the New Jersey Shore!

E-mail: lcrosby@seagirt.k12.nj.us