FOCUS ON FALL LEAVES
YOUR CLASS IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO JOIN THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF WOODROW WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EDISON, NEW JERSEY, USA IN A FALL PROJECT TESTING THE THEORY THAT FALL LEAF PIGMENT IS THE RESULT OF 1) THE EVENINGS OF EARLY AUTUMN MUST BE COOL AROUND 45F (7C); 2) THE LATE SUMMER IS DRY.
WE ARE ESPECIALLY LOOKING FOR SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS STUDY IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS.
- THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, USA
- STATES ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES
- ANY OTHER LOCATION WORLDWIDE WHERE DECIDUOUS TREES GROW
WE ARE LOOKING TO COLLECT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
1. YOUR SCHOOLıS LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
2. THE AVERAGE LOW EVENING TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTHS OF AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, AND OCTOBER
3. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL FOR YOUR AREA DURING THE MONTHS OF AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, AND OCTOBER
4. THE DATE WHEN THE FALL FOLIAGE FIRST BEGINS TO TURN; THE DATE WHEN THE FOLIAGE IS ITS MOST BRILLIANT; AND THE DATE WHEN THE COLOR HAS DISSIPATED
5. THE PREDOMINANT COLOR OF THE FOLIAGE FOR YOUR AREA ( i.e. green, brown, red, purple, crimson, yellow and/or orange)
***please note: EVEN IF YOUR CLASS DECIDES NOT TO JOIN THIS PROJECT, WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOUR SCHOOL IS LOCATED IN THE AREA WHERE DECIDUOUS TREES GROW. PLEASE SEND US YOUR SCHOOLıS LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE AS WELL AS THE PREDOMINANT FALL LEAF COLOR IN YOUR AREA.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COOPERATION WITH PROJECT.
SINCERELY,
CATHY NEE AND THE 7TH GRADE STUDENTS OF WOODROW WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, EDISON, NJ, USA
ALL DATA SHOULD BE E-MAILED TO US BY OCTOBER 31, 2000
WE WILL E-MAIL THE COLLECTED DATA TO ALL PARTICIPANTS BY DECEBER 1, 2000
E-MAIL DATA TO neegc@yahoo.com
