took place on:

Wednesday March 12, 1997

An article on Our Day Today was recently published by MAPE in an Information Handling special. You can now download this article in Adobe PDF format.

Our Day Today (PDF)

Last Update - 18 January 2001 - cosmetic

The Data
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Charts from the Data
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Work from the Schools

Project Outline

Project Title: Our Day Today – Wednesday March 12, 1997

Contact Person: Phil Redman

Email Contact: phil@rmplc.co.uk

Date: February - March 1997

Level: Grades K-6, Years N-6

Number of Participants: One class per school from all over the world

Project Co-ordinator: Phil Redman, The Brixton Connections Project, London, England

Subjects: English, Maths, IT, Geography etc.

Summary: Each class to carry out an internal survey of their children on the given day, (or closest to it if that day not possible), using form below. To collate the information and forward their results to the project co-ordinator. Each class to include at least one piece of written work about their day and one illustration. This will allow opportunities for data handling and comparative studies etc.

The data will be forwarded to all participants to use in their own data handling activities at their own level and schools can optionally send any of that material to be posted on the project's web pages. The data will also be presented on the project's web pages along with samples of the written work and illustrations.

The form:

1. Class Name:
2. School Name:
3. Town:
4. City:
5. State/County
6. Country:
7. Grade/Year:
8. The Weather Was:
9. The Temperature Was (Centigrade):
10. Our School Day Began at:
11. We had Assembly/Whole School Gathering at:
12. Morning school finished at:
13. Afternoon School started at:
14. Our School Day Ended at:
15. How far is it from school to the nearest park* (minutes):
16. How far is it from school to the nearest shops (minutes):
17. If everyone walked to school, how many children would take:
18. Less than 5 minutes:
19. Between 5 and 10 minutes:
20. Between 10 and 15 minutes:
21. Between 15 and 20 minutes:
22. Between 20 and 30 minutes:
23. Over 30 minutes:
    

* Nearest open space where children can play