Welcome to the World Time Trackers' Project

TimeSonesMap

Project Description 

In this project, we will learn about how students, who live in other parts of the world spend their time.  Through collecting and analyzing data, we will learn more about each other.

Teacher Link

Part 1

Collect Data

Click here to view a data collection table with titles that is suitable for you copy and use as you survey students in your school.

Part 2

Analyze your data

Use an Excel spreadsheet to create a circle graph showing how you and your fellow students spend your time during a typical school week.

Part 3

Share your data

In the forum below, write a description of how your survey went.  Describe any difficulties or surprises that you encountered.  Send an e-mail to me, attach your excel file with the spreadsheet and the charts that you created.  Be sure to click on the "View my Guestmap", place an icon for your location, and leave a message.  I will post your results on the RESULTS page.

Part 4

Compare your findings and make conjectures

Visit the RESULTS page to see how your class results compare to other classes all over the world.  Have class discussions about how the graphs are displayed and the difference and similarities in the data.  Make guesses as to why the data collected from a different school, state, or country may be different from the data that you collected.

Part 5

Get answers to your questions.

Use the forum below to ask questions to and answer questions from other classes in other parts of the world to see if your conjectures are correct.  

Links:

    Data Collection Tables      e-mail your results    Posted Results 

                   Lwilkin2@uiuc.edu

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Created by Lee Wilkinson, July 2006