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Ages 5-13 Square of Life: Studies in Local and Global Environments
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Aug 26, 2009 09:14 PDT
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**** REVISED PROJECT POSTING ****
BASIC PROJECT INFORMATION
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PROJECT TITLE:
-- Square of Life: Studies in Local and Global Environments
PROJECT BEGIN and END DATES:
-- 9/04/09 to 12/01/09
NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS:
-- 50-100
AGE RANGE:
-- 5 to 13 years
TARGET AUDIENCE:
-- Anyone
PROJECT SUMMARY:
-- This Internet-based collaborative project will allow your students
to share information about the plants, animals and non-living objects
found
in their schoolyard environment with other students from around the
country and the world.
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PROJECT DETAILS
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PROJECT LEVEL:
-- Basic Project
CURRICULUM AREAS:
-- Language; Social Studies; Mathematics; Science; Technology;
Information Technology; Community Interest
TECHNOLOGIES USED:
-- Email, List server; Discussion Forum
COLLABORATION STYLES:
-- Information Exchange
FULL PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
-- This Internet-based multidisciplinary collaborative project will
enrich primary student's learning experiences through "unique and
compelling" applications of instructional technology. In particular,
this
project taps into some of the exciting new applications of the Internet
in
education by having primary students from around the world collaborate
on an
investigation of the planet they live on. Through the sharing of their
local
environments students will learn about exciting places all around the
world!
OBJECTIVES:
-- This Internet-based collaborative project will allow your students
to share information about the plants, animals and non-living objects
found
in their schoolyard environment with other students from around the
country
and the world. The project has been developed for elementary level
students
in grades 1 to 6 but is open to anyone who is interested. The project
will
span a wide range of subject areas including: science, math, language
arts,
reading, geography and social studies and is flexible in regards to how
it
can be implemented. If you are interested in the project lesson plans,
implementation suggestions, standards information, etc, please go to the
web
site listed at the end of this message.
PROJECT URL:
-- http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/squareproj
PROJECT SPONSOR:
-- Stevens Institute of Technology
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PROJECT REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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REGISTRATION DATES:
-- 8/22/09 to 9/20/09
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS:
-- Project registration opens on August 22, 2008.
To register go to the project website. There is NO FEE required to join
this project. All
that we ask is that you review the project requirements and join only if
you
can meet them all.
PROJECT EMAIL ADDRESS:
-- mailto:cshi-@stevens.edu
PROJECT REGISTRATION URL:
-- http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/squareproj/
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PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT POSTED BY:
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-- Carol Shields mailto:cshi-@stevens.edu (Other)
-- Stevens Institute of Technology
-- Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
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