ACTIVITY: 9-13 year olds

[Lynn Burns Bright <bright@TENET.EDU>]

Hello fellow netters! I thought you might be interested in
this activity.  If you are unable to do it through the library,
by all means pass it on to the teachers in your school.
Lynn

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Lynn Bright                     Goliad Elementary School
Librarian                       3902 Goliad Street
bright@tenet.edu                San Angelo, TX 76904
        "Reading is a window to the world!"
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Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 12:11:43 -0600
From: Sarah W. Bednarz <s-bednarz@TAMU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list TAGE <TAGE@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Carmen SanDiego

Once again, Delta and WGBH in Boston are sponsoring a learning activity
(don't think of it as a contest--it is a learning activity with better than
usual awards.) The activity is aimed at students 9 to 13 years old.

The mission: "Hunt through a newspaper for the name of a foreign city where
you think the crooks could be hiding. Tell us how you traveled to this
foreign city and caught the gang.  But first, you must create a CITY-FILE
with everything you need to know to crack the case...."

The activities associated with the CITY-FILE creation represent good
geography--identifying a geographic question, collecting data and
organizing it.Students research their city under six headings: location,
culture, environment, travel requirements, similarity/difference to the
student's hometown, and anything else.

Then, the student uses the CITY-FILE to write an ESSAY about the student's
adventure as a special agent on assignment to catch the gang.  1000-1200
words for the 9-11 yr. olds, 1300-2000 words for the 12-13 yr.olds. The
entire collection (like a portfolio, really) is then submitted.

Judging is by geography professionals--several Texas TC's were judges last
year-based on content, creativity, and clarity.  The deadline is February
15.  To get more information and an entry kit call 1-800-DELTA-18.

I urge you all to do it! The number of entries--good entries--is an
indicator of the support for geography education.

Feel free to forward this to other lists and groups.


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Sarah W. Bednarz
Dept. of Geography & Texas Alliance for Geographic Education
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-3147
409/845-1579
FAX 409/862-4487