Description:

Heritage High School in New York City took their classroom studies into the real world. While studying relationships between weather-related variables in science class, the students researched several raw data sets based on historical atmospheric data during the school year and compared the results with school attendance data. During the process the students wrote research proposals, created graphs, and analyzed the data, finally coming to a conclusion surprisingly not in line with their original hypothesis. Based on this discovery, students crafted a proposal to their principal suggesting a change in school culture. Rain or shine, fair or foul—what keeps students from their appointed rounds?