From: Grade 6, Science Class, Sea Girt Elementary School Sea Elementary School 6th grade participated in the project this year. We had a great time looking at all the data from the different schools. Sea Girt is located along the Jersey Shore ~ New Jersey along the beach about 40 miles south of where New Jersey hooks. Since we don’t have class during the data collection time, our teacher collected the temperature at 11:30 am each day of the data collection week. After seeing everyone else having so much fun, we suggested that next year the students get to do the data gathering. We used the local weather station to find out the time of sunrise and sunset each day. Each of us also recorded sunset to see if the data was correct. We realized that it is difficult to determine exactly when the sun has set. We had a huge class discussion concerning that issue. One student used removable stickers on a giant world map to record the data for the different schools. After looking at the data, it became quite clear that some areas of the Earth receive more sunlight than others. We realized that this happens because the earth is tilted on its axis, so for a certain amount of time certain areas receive more sunlight. Some students wouldn't’t see that the equator is not the hottest place. We ended up doing a lab to see that more direct rays are hotter than slanted rays. We really enjoyed seeing other schools’ pictures in the Gallery and reading their final reports.