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=GROUNDHOG PROJECT 2008 =

=== RESULTS ARE IN!! FROM DATA COLLECTED THROUGHOUT CANADA AND THE US THIS WINTER, THE GROUNDHOG WAS ONLY ACCURATE 44% OF THE TIME. THEREFORE, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE GROUNDHOG IS NOT A VALID PREDICTOR OF THE LENGTH OF WINTER. ===

Warner 5th Graders are participating for the first time in Project Groundhog. We are having a great time checking the weather each day, recording it on our weather chart, and then reporting our data to the Project Groundhog site. We are on a team with five other fifth and sixth grade classes, and have made some special friends at Highgate Elementary in Vermont!! We are keeping track of their weather along with ours and are in the process of doing a letter exchange with them! Our team is Team 1 in the 5-6th grade division. You can read more about the project and check out all the data at the main Groundhog Project site. Follow along with us as we try to determine if the groundhog //really can// predict the weather!!

From Groundhog Project 2008 Home Page:
==="Project Groundhog is for teachers and kids of all ages. Participants engage in meaningful, curriculum based inquiry. The project is coordinated by Bill Jameson, is supported by Ryan Manzer of CDLI and Nicole Winters of Sendoutcards, and is available to anyone, everywhere in the world – for FREE!" "Project Groundhog is for teachers and kids of all ages. Participants engage in meaningful, curriculum based inquiry. The project is coordinated by Bill Jameson, is supported by Ryan Manzer Ryan Manzer of CDLI CDLI and Nicole Winters Nicole Winters of Sendoutcards Sendoutcards, and is available to anyone, everywhere in the world – for FREE!"===

How Does it Work?
==="Project Groundhog is about finding out if the groundhog as weather hog is myth or truth. For the six weeks following Groundhog Day, February 2nd, you will record the daily temperature and sky conditions in your area. The information collected is shared weekly with the participating schools via email and the Project Groundhog website. Oh yeah, if school is closed for weather you record that too.... we love SNOW DAYS!!!" "Project Groundhog is about finding out if the groundhog as weather hog is myth or truth. For the six weeks following Groundhog Day, February 2nd, you will record the daily temperature and sky conditions in your area. The information collected is shared weekly with the participating schools via email and the Project Groundhog website. Oh yeah, if school is closed for weather you record that too.... we love SNOW DAYS!!!"===