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Student Worksheet: Language Arts Activity: How does climate affect
your environment? (APRIL - MAY)
INSTRUCTIONS
Use the space below to draft your final report. You will need this information when
your class is ready to submit their Class Final Report.
- Research and describe the architectural style of your school. Some
things include can be:
- How many stories does it have?
- Is there a heating system? If so, what is it?
- Is there a cooling system (i.e. air conditioning)? If so, what is it?
- What is the exterior of the building made of (e.g. stucco, wood, brick,
etc.)?
- What are the recreational facilities at the school (e.g. ice rink, pool,
playing fields, etc.)?
- What year was the school built?
- Use the space below to write any additional information about your school:
- Gather all the architectural information you researched above into one letter
(you can use the space below) and submit it as a class to the Language Arts conference
of Discussion Area of this project web site.
Unlike the Letter of Introduction, you should NOT include your city, country,
latitude, etc. so the other classes can guess where your school is located solely
on the above school information.
- Your teacher will share with you at least 2 - 3 other letters posted in the
Language Arts conference of the Discussion Area. Using a world map, try to find
the general location of each of the schools based solely on information provided
in each of the letters (architectural style, etc.).
- After reading through several letters, try to determine how climate affects
the design of the school. In other words, is there any pattern or relationship
between latitude / distance from the equator and style?
- When you are ready to write your final report, be sure to include what you
have learned about how temperature and/or climate affects the way you live in
your community and the way others live in their communities.