snow day calculator
WEB SITE OF THE WEEK: SNOW DAY CALCULATOR
Posted by: Christine Bulson
WEB SITE OF THE WEEK: SNOW DAY CALCULATOR
Posted by: Christine Bulson
The Eastern US has had lots of snow this winter and students have been busy checking Snow Day Calculator. The developer of the web site, David Sukhin, uses weather.gov and additional information provided by the user to predict the probability that a school will be closed in the next two days. Some of the information provided by the user is subjective so the probability may change depending on how the user answers these questions: leniency of the administration, special event or activity and hype for a snow day. In case you wondered, there is no chance that schools in Key West FL will be closed today because of snow!
PS Just after I wrote this I discovered that WBUR, Boston University’s radio station and an NPR station in Boston, had interviewed David Sukhin. He is 16 and a junior in high school. When he was in sixth grade he devised an algorithm that would predict whether his school district would cancel school. Thus began the Snow Day Calculator.
PS Just after I wrote this I discovered that WBUR, Boston University’s radio station and an NPR station in Boston, had interviewed David Sukhin. He is 16 and a junior in high school. When he was in sixth grade he devised an algorithm that would predict whether his school district would cancel school. Thus began the Snow Day Calculator.
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