Thanks for your interest in our exciting interdisciplinary project designed for Upper Elementary students.  It’s simple, quick, and rewarding, and a chance for your students to win a contest! You can participate at no cost to your school.

• Use our fun, creative materials to find out how many of your students walk (or walk from transit)
• Easily engage your whole school or just your classroom in the project
• A commitment of only a few minutes of your whole school’s time
• All handouts and instructions can be downloaded for free

There are Many Ways to do Step 1

(A) Collect the data from your whole school (recommended)

By setting these tools up in the entrance way, students record how they get to school each day.  Numbers should be recorded for three days any time between the first day of school and October 21st.

Use counters in tubs to collect your data

OR

Create a wall chart to collect your data

(b) Collect the data from your classroom

Participating classroom teachers can find out how their students have traveled to school using this handy in-class survey form.  This survey activity can happen any time between the first day of school and October 21st.

• Easily send us the numbers you collect.  Simply fill out the online registration form.
• Automatically qualify for the contest when you input the data!
• Use in-class exercises to crunch the numbers with your students, and learn about how streets could be improved for pedestrians and transit riders.
• Help your students stage a small-scale event on “Walk to School Day”, Wednesday, October 7th or participate in our city-wide celebration in Manhattan.

How do I send the data?

After you have collected three days’ worth of data, give us your numbers. You can upload these numbers by signing up for an account and signing in.

**ALL DATA IS DUE ON OCTOBER 21st (Extended Deadline), 2009 BEFORE MIDNIGHT**

What connecting activities are there?

We’ve created these lesson plans to go with the numbers you have collected.  These are simple ways to make sense of the numbers and get ready to make your contest entry!

Crunching the numbers

Download graph templates to compare the data.  Students will be amazed to see just how many people commute by foot and transit!

How are the streets organized?

Take a neighborhood walk and find out how streets are designed for pedestrians around your school.

How can we celebrate?

Take the morning of October 7th to put up posters, challenge students to walk, if they don’t – or walk farther if they come from transportation.  The International Walk to School Day website has great ideas for creating small scale events and helping families learn about the benefits of walking.  Check out this link for great ideas:

http://www.walktoschool-usa.org/eventideas/ideas-list.cfm

You can also come Celebrate Walking to School with us on October 7th.  Sign up using the box on the upper left corner.

Create your Public Service Announcement with your students and enter it in the contest.  Go to the Contest Page for more information