Students from British American School – Los Angeles (located in First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica) work on their ‘Heritage Tree’ on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. 

The students asked members of the public to write down where their family originated from on a leaf, which were attached to the tree. When the tree is full of leaves the information will be collected and formed into graphical representation. Students will learn how to conduct a survey, dialog about different countries and use the information in statistical analysis.

Students began their survey in front of the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica, where the BAS-LA is co-located to talk to shoppers who visit the farmers market and then they proceeded to talk to shoppers at the Farmer’s Market as well as the popular Ye Olde Kings Head Shoppe. Since Santa Monica is an international destination, students met tourists and locals who have traveled the globe to come to Santa Monica.