Climate and lifestyleProject day at Taivalkoski upper secondary

schoolOctober 2010

Students are working in small groups and planning their presentations.

When the mini projects were ready, they were performed to the other students.

Climate and lifestyle

We have four seasons in Finland

The climate of the seasons affect the lifestyle

SpringMarch, April, May

Snow melts so there can be very wet outside

The sun shines every day more and more

the length of daylight increases

In spring people celebrate the May Day and Easter

Birds come back from the south and the nature wakes up again

Spring is full of love…… ;)

- People spend a lot of time outside in spring

- You can ski on crust of snow, do downhill skiing ( if skiing center is still open ) and, the most important, enjoy the sun

- We are waiting for summer and the long summer holiday, too ( schools end at the beginning of June )

SummerJune, July, August

Students don’t have school and usually they go to work

It’s warm, but not hot (20-25 degrees)

Around the Midsummer there’s a lot of light and the sun doesn’t set

Hobbies: swimming, fishing, cycling, taking the sun, relaxing, hiking, travelling, barbeque, disc golf etc.

Housework: agriculture and picking strawberries

When it’s the Midsummer Day, we go to summer cottages with our family or friends, make bonfires, go to saunas, which are near lakes, barbecue and enjoy the magic of Midsummer

AutumnSeptember, October, November

The most variable season in Finland. During this season both our nature and we people prepare for the hard winter-time

During the autumn it gets colder and darker. An umbrella will be your best friend on the way to school or work. Some morning you may realize to have problems with your balance because of icy streets. The first snow comes in October but usually it won’t last because the temperature changes below and above 0° C. Migratory birds leave Finland for the wintertime and some animals like bears prepare for hibernation. It means that they sleep over the winter

Due to the darkness, we don’t get enough “sunshine vitamin” so some people suffer from autumn depression. We also spend our time more and more inside when the weather is bad

In the nature the most noticeable signal of autumn is a beautiful spectrum of colors in leafy trees. Before dropping off, the leaves have a colorful mix of green, yellow, red, orange and brown. People admire it and they like to go out and hike in the nature. At the beginning of autumn berries and mushrooms are getting ripe to be picked. Berry and mushroom picking even employs some people for a couple of months and children often earn their first pocket money for picking some liters blueberries. During the autumn there are hunting periods. If you have a hunting license you can hunt for example wild ducks, hare or moose. Unfortunately schools and universities begin in the mid-August so we can’t enjoy the beautiful autumn nature all day long.

WinterDecember, January, February, March

Very cold (sometimes more than 30 minusdegrees!) In Finland we usually have more than one meter snow! In spite of freeze and snow we live a normal life also in

winterLots of snow and very thick ice which make skating, downhill

and crosscountry skiing, snowboarding, ski jumping, snowmobile driving and ice fishing possible

Finland’s Independence Day and Christmas are in DecemberWinter is turist season in Finland, then we get a lot of guests

from Middle Europe for example because they will see snow and Santa Claus who lives in Finland with reindeer! Welcome to visit in wintry Finland!

In winter you can see the Northern lightsWe don’t have sunlight almost at all during the polar

nightPeople have to eat vitamin D because the sun isn’t

shining enough

If the climate changes too much…

This is what Finland would be like

You can affect by stopping the

global warming!!!

Pictures from GoogleDangerous WildlifePhototravelsAnd own pictures