Who Are You?
Wild Weather classrooms, please tell the rest of us a few things about you and your region. As a class, please submit a paragraph or two about the following information.
*Name of School, Classroom and Teacher
*Information about your region
*What kind of weather is your region known for
*Information about your school and classroom
*Any other interesting information
*Name of School, Classroom and Teacher
*Information about your region
*What kind of weather is your region known for
*Information about your school and classroom
*Any other interesting information
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11:34 AM
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Dear Weather Watchers,
We are so glad to be apart of this exciting project! We are here at Price Harris Communications Magnet School, in Wichita, Kansas. Our teacher is Mrs. Crowson.
We have 23 students in our classroom.
Wichita is located in the south central part of Kansas. Kansas is located in the middle of the United States. Here in Kansas there are not many hills and no mountains. Our part of Kansas is a part of the Great Plains. It is mostly flat. We have a lot of windy weather. Sometimes the wind is so strong you feel like it can almost knock you over!
Kansas is known for its tornadoes. A tornado is a big cone made out of wind that can suck things into it. They are very dangerous. When we hear a tornado siren, if we have a basement we go down into it. If we don’t have a basement we find the safest room in the house that is away from windows. Our school has a tornado proof room. It is called a “Safer Room”. We feel lucky to have it. If the tornado alarm goes off when we are at school we stop what we are doing, quickly line up and walk fast to the “Safer Room”.
Kansas has very wild weather. We have tornadoes, snow, ice, and hale storms in the spring and one day it can be hot and the next day it can be cold. Except during the summer when it can stay really hot. We look forward to reading other classroom blogs!
Greetings, Weather Enthusiasts!
We are from Charles Robinson Middle School, and we were named after the first governor of Kansas. We are writing from room 329; In Mr. Charles Jenney’s class. Our school is located in the College Hill area of Wichita. Our school was built in 1931 and has had many additions and renovations since; One being our gymnasium which was completed in 1976. Our school offers a pre-IB program which stresses students in vigorous and challenging classes. All twenty-nine students in our class are in the Pre-IB program.
We are in the Great Plains area of the Midwest. We live in Wichita, Kansas. Our geography consists of open plains, lots of trees, and a few hills. We have a wide range of temperatures. It snows, sleets, and freezes in the winter, and in the summer it is hot and humid, for the most part. On March 27 and 28, of this year, we had about five inches of snow and ice with temperatures around one to four degrees Celsius. The prior week we had temperatures in the lower 20s Celsius. It is very “Wild Weather”. Kansas is also known for tornadoes, as we live in the “Tornado Alley”. We are ecstatic to be joining this experiment. Thank you very much!
-Robinson Middle School
Salutations!We are Mrs.Farha's class, and we are starting the wild weather project.We go to the Price-Harris communications magnet.We are the Price-Harris 4th grade in room A25.We live in Wichita,Ks in the United States.
Kansas is a very flat state. Its very windy here.We dont have any moutains.We have no valcanos. We have some lakes and rivers but no oceans. We are in the middle of the tornado alley.Our state flower is the sunflower and the sunflowers always face toward the sun.We have pretty much everything expect hurricanes. Some years it snows more than other years.We just had a spring blizzard a couple of days ago, and we got 7 inches of snow.It's over a 100 degrees f here sometimes in the middle to late summer.
Our school mascot is the eagle.Our princpal is named Mr.Springer. Our school colors are blue and white.Our annual school carnival is this Friday.Our teacher had a baby named Georgia this year.We have a lot of art work in our hallway.We have therapy dogs at our school.We have field day at the end of the year. We do outside activities on that day.
We will be enjoying the Wild Weather Project very much!
Good Morning!
We are 7th grade students from Green, Ohio. We are located in the northeastern part of Ohio, between Akron and Canton. The Akron-Canton airport is in our community. Maybe to help a little better is that we are one hour south of Cleveland. Our building contains 7th and 8th grades with aproximately 625 students. We are one of three groups of a seventh graders or teams We are named Team London! (This year's theme was vacation spots- 2012 Summer Olympics will be in London)We have four academic teachers per team, Mr. Utterback -Language Arts, Mr. Rybarczyk -World History, Mrs. Davis -General Math and Algebra, and Mrs. McCarthy -Science. We are Mrs. McCarthy's 7th period science class.
Our weather can be classified as ever changing. Monday, 3/30 was cold, requiring winter coats, today 4/2 is warm, jacket weather, and next week it may snow! We do receive some lake effect conditions from Lake Erie/Cleveland however not as much as the communities located in the "snow belt". The last snow belt community is about 30 - 45 minutes north of Green.
We look forward to being a part of the Wild Weather Project. We are excited to help others learn about weather around the world.
Greetings from Lowry's Litter!
We're a third-grade classroom here at Price-Harris Communications Elementary School in Wichita, KS.
Wichita is located in the South central part of Kansas at the fork of the Big Arkansas and Little Arkansas Rivers. Kansas is know for being "flat". Scientists did some experiment and decided Kansas is actually flatter than a pancake!
Our weather here is truly "wild". Last week we had temperatures in the 70's, and by the weekend we had a blizzard. A blizzard is when it snows very hard and the wind blows hard too. When you put the two together with flat land, then you get snow drifts that can range as tall as 2 meters high! The wind almost always blows here. Sometimes it blows harder than others, but there seems to be wind every day.
Our classroom has 24 students and two dogs. One dog is a therapy dog for the school and the other is our teacher's service dog. He helps her walk.
Our teaher is Mrs. Lowry, she has three grandkids named Triten, Landon and Sophia. She also tells funny stories about the things they do. Tristen is 4 yrs old, Landon is 3, and Sophia isn't quite 2 yet.
Our school is a K-5 school with about 450 students. We do a lot of fun things in the classroom. This month we'll be learning about sharks, and we get to dissect sharks on Apr. 30.
We look forward to reading your blogs and learning about the weather where you other "wild weather watchers" live.
Greetings from the Historic Riverside District of Wichita, Kansas! We are... Marshall! Marshall Middle School was built in 1939. We have 440 students. The 6th grade students participating in the Wild Weather Unit is Mr. Clark's 4th hour science class.
As mentioned in other posts from Wichita, we have very wild weather here - particularly in the Spring. The jet stream usually stays north of Wichita. Sometimes our temperature could be twenty degrees warmer (or more) than other parts of Kansas.
We are looking forward to visiting with students from across the United States and beyond!
Hello Weather Friends!! We are 3rd graders in Mrs. Parker's class at Spaght Multimedia Magnet in Wichita, KS. Our class has a total of 26 students. There are more boys than there are girls.
Our school is located in the Midwest region of the USA. Wichita is the largest city in the state of Kansas. Our school is on the north east side of town.
Let's talk about our weather! Kansas is often called "Tornado Alley" because of the tornadoes that occur. Tornadoes happen here because our land is really flat and the hot and cold air mix. We also experience other types of weather too. We have snow, thunderstorms, hail, sleet, and much more.
We are excited about learning about weather and how some places may experience different types of weather than we do here.
Hello,
We are in Mrs. Szillus’ Fifth Grade class at Sousa Elementary School. There are 23 students in our class. Our school was named after the famous composer John Philip Sousa and this week we are celebrating its 50th anniversary! We have all kinds of 50’s events this week, including the United States Merchant Marine Academy Regiment Band playing the marches of Mr. Sousa. We also had a concert by the Squeaky Clean Band who plays music from the 50’s. Our school has about 545 students and 95 staff members.
We live in Port Washington, NY which is a very historic town. Its population is about
15, 215 and the area is 4.2 square miles of land and 1.4 square miles of water. An interesting fact is that the sand mined from our town was used to build Manhattan in New York City. We are located in the south eastern part of the New York State.
Our town is a peninsula of Long Island, so we are surrounded by water. We can walk to the beach from our school. There are several restaurants on the water and many boats docked in the bay. We are also studying oceanography and will be going out on a boat field trip in May. Our town has a festival called Harbor Fest and it is in June.
We have seasonal weather. The average high temperature in April is 58 degrees Fahrenheit and 14 degrees Celsius. Since April is a spring month, we get a lot of rain. On average our coldest month is January and our warmest month is July.
We have been reading about different types of weather and its causes. We are very excited to be part of this project.
Fifth Graders at Sousa
We are in Mrs. McLaughlin's third grade class at the John J. Daly Elementary School in Port Washington, NY. Sousa did a great job describing our town...so we will just add a little bit more!
We are a temperate climate. We do get snow and hot weather, but everything is in moderation. July is documented to have the warmest weather, but we think August is just as warm...thank goodness we are near the beach!
This year, our spring certainly came in like a lion. We even had snow flurries on the first day of spring! We do so have some snow in the winter, but we are not known for our snowy weather. We only got to use two snow days this year, and our neighbor, New York City, got their first snow day in five years this past winter! Imagine their excitement.
The highest recorded temperature in Port Washington was 105°F in 2001 and the lowest recorded temperature was -4°F in 1994. We really enjoy the weather here and look forward to learning more about your weather (specifically tornadoes!).
Mrs. McLaughlin's 3rd Graders
April 8, 2009
Dear Weather Friends,
Hi, we are 3rd graders at Price-Harris Communications Magnet Elementary School, in Wichita, Kansas. Our class of 23 is made up of students from many different cultures, from around the world. Besides the United States our families come from places like, Mexico, Asia, Germany, China, Russia, England, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico. We all add something special to our class.
Our teacher is Mrs. Scott. She is the funniest teacher we have ever had. We have learned a lot in her classroom. She has been with USD #259 for almost 25 years.
We live in the flat lands of Kansas, in a city called Wichita. Kansas is located in the Midwest. We are 70 miles from Salina, Kansas which is known as the center of the United States. It is the same distance from Salina to New York as it is from Salina to California. Kansas ranks 14th in size among all the states and 2nd in size among the Midwestern States.
The weather in Kansas is unpredictable. It is usually hot and humid in the summer, and cold in the winter with some ice and snow. However, the weather can change suddenly, and can sometimes be violent like. There may be blizzards, hail, thunderstorms, and tornadoes throughout the state.
We look forward to learning about the weather in other states and countries around the world.
Hello all! We are 5th graders from Landisville Intermediate Center (known better as LIC) in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. We are actually 2 classes doing this together. Our teachers are Mrs. Spangler and Mr. Podgurski. LIC contains classes from grades 4th-6th. We have a total of six 5th grade classes here.
Landisville is located in the heart of Lancaster County, which is known to may as the "Amish Country" The Amish are of German decent and to this day live self sufficient and simple lives. If you were to visit us it is likely you would see a horse and buggy or two, not to mention lots of farms. We are not only a farming region however, as we live amongst Harrisburg,York, and Lancaster cities here in Central Pennsylvania.
The weather in our area is quite varied. Our summers are hot and humid, our Winters are cold, and everything else in between. We get a fair amount of precipitation and lot of thunderstorms during the summer months. Just last week our area had violent storms blow through that produced lots of hail and several tornadoes, which is not entirely uncommon, but it rarely happens.
Mrs. Spangler and Mr. Podgurski were both very excited to share this project with us. We are all quite anxious to get started. We are thrilled to share our information, but even more excited to see what is going on around the country
Hello,
We are so excited to be doing this weather project. We look forward to learning about weather in other parts of the country. We are third graders in Mrs. Knuckle’s class at Spaght Multimedia. We have 26 students in our class and we keep getting more friends. We live in Wichita, Kansas which is the biggest city in Kansas.
Our weather is crazy in this part of the country. We get rain, snow, sleet, wind, and even hail. We could have cloudy and cool weather one day and sunny and hot weather the next. We are even called “tornado alley” because of the high chance of having tornados.
We look forward to hearing about weather in your part of the country.
Greetings from Mrs. Wegeng's third grade classroom in Wichita, KS. We go to school at L'Ouverture Computer Technology Magnet. There are 28 students in our classroom.
Wichita is in southcentral Kansas. We are known as a plains state since we are a flat region. Our weather has four seasons. In winter we see snow, sleet and freezing rain; in spring, summer, and fall we have rain.
Wichita is also known for being windy and having tornadoes. Some of these do a lot of damage.
This spring has been very unusual because our temperatures have been up and down and we even had snow!
Our classroom is very excited about the weather project and are looking forward to collecting data and learning about weather in different regions.
Greetings from Mrs. Wegeng's 3rd grade classroom in Wichita, KS. We attend L'Ouverture Computer Technology Magnet School There are 28 students in our classroom.
Wichita is located in southcentral Kansas. We are a plains state because there are no mountains and few hills. Our weather is four seasons. In the winter we see snow, sleet, and freezing rain. We have rain in the spring, summer, and fall. It can get pretty dry in the summer. The temperatures in winter usually do not get below zero, but it can feel colder with the windshield. In summer it can get to be 100 degrees.
Wichita is also know for having a lot of wind and even tornadoes which can cause alot of damage if they touch down.
This spring has been very unusual with temperatures that have been cold and warm; and we even had snow.
We are looking forward to the weather project to be able to collect data and to see what weather is like in different parts of the United States.
Hi everybody, We are Mrs.Blanchard's fifth grade classroom. We are from Donnellson, Iowa, all the way down in the southeast corner of Iowa. Even though we are in the middle plains we have a lot of rolling hills. Our school in out in the country on a very flat area. The nearest town, Donnellson, is eight miles away. There are 18 kids in our classroom. We have been together in fourth and fifth grade. We are what's called a looping classroom. Our weather is very warm in the summer and very cold in the winter. Our spring and fall are usually in the 50's to 70 degrees. In the winter we have any type of precipitation. In the spring we get lots of rain and storms. We have had tornadoes once in a while. We are considered to be on the edge of tornado alley.
Hello fellow weather watchers!
Ms. Lindstadt-Iurka's 8th grade classes have been collecting daily weather data at lunch time for 22 days, its about time we introduce ourselves.
All of our weather watchers are 8th grade students who are part of the Red House Team. Our middle school: Carrie Palmer Weber Middle School is quite large (over 1100 students in grades 6,7, and 8)and is located in Port Washington New York at 52 Campus Drive.
Latitude: 40.83 N
Longitude: 73.69 W
Approximate Elevation: 70 feet above sea level
Port Washington is located on the North Shore of Long Island in Nassau County, New York. We are a quick train ride into New York City and from some of our classroom windows we can see the water and high rise building to our West.
In addition to housing a large number of students, Weber is also a very long building. Some parts of Weber are vey old. Our current science classroom is in a new wing. The student population in the middle school is diverse. When we graduate from Weber in June we will attend Paul Schreiber High School which is located a little further up Campus Drive.
Hi, We are Mrs. Blanchard's fifth grade class. There are 18 in our class. Our school is near Donnellson Iowa. We are in the Southeast corner of our state. It is out in the country, eight miles from town. We get a lot of wind with nothing to block it out in the middle of nowhere. Our weather here goes to extremes from the winter to the summer. We can have days 15 below zero(our wind chills get even lower) and days of 98 degrees above zero(our heat indexes can get even higher). This spring has been a little colder than normal. We are on the edge of being in tornado alley so we do get tornadoes once in a while. We are having fun with our projects and are looking forward to sharing them with you.
Hi everyone. We are Mrs. Blanchard's fifth grade from Central Lee Schools near Donnellson Iowa. There are 18 students in our classroom. Our school is out in the country about eight miles from Donnellson. We are in the Southeast corner of the state of Iowa. At our location we get a lot of strong winds because of being out in the middle of corn fields. We also have extremes in temperatures. In the winter we can have temperatures fifteen below zero with even greater wind-chills, and in the summer temperatures as hot as 100 degrees with even greater heat indexes. This spring has been a lot cooler than normal, but it is finally warming up to average temperatures of 68 degrees. We are having fun with our projects and looking forward to sharing them with everyone.
Hi everyone. We are Mrs. Blanchard's fifth grade from Central Lee Schools near Donnellson Iowa. There are 18 students in our classroom. Our school is out in the country about eight miles from Donnellson. We are in the Southeast corner of the state of Iowa. At our location we get a lot of strong winds because of being out in the middle of corn fields. We also have extremes in temperatures. In the winter we can have temperatures fifteen below zero with even greater wind-chills, and in the summer temperatures as hot as 100 degrees with even greater heat indexes. This spring has been a lot cooler than normal, but it is finally warming up to average temperatures of 68 degrees. We are having fun with our projects and looking forward to sharing them with everyone.
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