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The following is edited for space purposes. Please contact the people listed in the following information if you wish to know more. From: IN%"erogers@bonita.cerf.fred.org" 6-JAN-1994 01:47:19.88 To: IN%"ideas-list@acme.fred.org" CC: IN%"ideas-list@acme.fred.org" Subj: FIELDTRIPS!!! Please print and distribute this call for collaboration to teachers you know who may be interested in participating. Project Name: Field Trips Date: School Year 1993 - 1994 Purpose: To motivate students to observe, learn, and report more effectively on school excursions. To give other students vicarious access to first-hand information about local, regional, and national museums, aquariums, libraries, and other places which can help students learn about the world. Grade Level: All grades Content Area: Science, Social Studies, History, Geography, Literature, Art, Music Project Summary: Your local educational resources are a gold mine of information for you and your students. You probably don't think about it, but people in other places would love to learn about your museums, historical sites, geological, and archaeological sites, natural wonders, libraries, national and state parks, nature preserves, zoos and aquariums, archives, scientific labs and archives, universities and colleges, and businesses and industries. This project encourages your students to look at their own local resources with new eyes and share their visits, observations, and discoveries with students and classes all over the world. If you can't visit one of these places yourself, the reports written for your class will contain much useful and unique information which is sure to be of interest to your students. The Fieldtrips Project involves three simple steps: 1. Send us the approximate dates and destination of the field trip(s) you expect to take before the summer of 1994. Also send us the local destinations that your students may be inclined to attend apart from official school activities, as part of a family or youth group activity. 2. Each month, beginning in February, we will post a list of submitted destinations approximately biweekly along with your tentative field trip schedule if included. 3. Check the Fieldtrips newsgroup (PROJ.CHANNEL4 for FrEdMail users) every other week. If you see field trip destinations which interest you, send your questions to that class prior to their visit. The class will go on their field trip "armed" with your questions, and will have a greater incentive to observe and report back to you. Your students, in turn, will be highly interested in reading and evaluating the replies. Both groups of students will benefit from the experience. Project Coordinator: Erica Rogers, Global SchoolNet Foundation P.O. Box 243 Bonita, CA 91908 (619)475-4852 FAX - (619)472-0735 email: fieldtrips@acme.fred.org Please print and distribute this CALL FOR COLLABORATION to teachers you know who may be interested in participating. ------------------------------------------------------------------Project Name: SEASONS (c) January 5, 1994 FrEdMail Foundation Date: February 14 - May 17, 1993 Purpose: To bring to students an awareness of the seasons, how they change and progress, how they vary across the nation and around the world. Students will observe and document the change in seasons through direct observation. By sharing and comparing their data with other classes across the nation and around the world, they will discover the effects of geography on climate and seasonal changes. Students will improve their reading and writing skills and learn how to use a database to query information in order to draw conclusions and answer questions about the data. Subjects: Science, social studies, math, language arts Grade Level: 4-8 Summary: Students will observe and record local indicators of seasonal change (first frost, first snowfall, first crocus, animal migration) to determine when the new season has "arrived." Data and student essays will be collected and sent to the project coordinator. The lists will then be compiled into a database by the coordinator and shared with all participating sites. By using these databases, students will observe and describe weather patterns and seasonal changes affected by elevation, latitude, and geographical location. Students will also read and collect articles from their local newspaper which describe seasonal changes in their own and other places. (Optional) Number of Participants: approximately 30 classrooms Project Coordinator: Erica Rogers, Global SchoolNet Foundation P.O. Box 243, Bonita, CA 91908 Email: erogers@bonita.cerf.fred.org