The Great Tall Structures' Challenge Subject: Great Tall Structures' Challenge Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 08:14:11 -0700 An Invitation to Participate in The Great Tall Structures' Challenge Starting date: September 15, 1998 Deadline: December 1, 1998 This is an extension of a project we developed last year called 'The Great Tall Structures' Contest' which was extremely popular. Hope you will consider participating in this challenge. Vincent Massey Public School is Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is seeking construction engineers in grades 3 to 8 to participate in a meaningful hands-on project called "The Great Tall Structures'Challenge". The real goal of "The Great Tall Structures'Challenge" is to develop an understanding of the factors that must be considered in the designing and constructing a structure through practical hands-on work. 'Learning by doing' is given the highest priority here. The motivation for the students participating is the ability to construct the tallest and sturdiest tower using the scientific process in designing, and constructing. "The Great Tall Structures' Challenge"is a subject overlapping project in which history, geography, language arts, computer science and technology can be incorporated into this project. Challenge will be placed on our web site in August and detailed information will be e-mailed the end of August. Students will design and construct the tallest tower using the materials suggested. (Materials: 50 balsa sticks, white glue, piece of cardboard for the land that the building will sit on. Photos of the winning towers are to be e-mailed as a .jpeg or .gif if you have a scanner or a digital camera or the photo can be mailed and we will scan in it and place it on our site for all participants to view the various designs and heights. Nominal prizes will be awarded. One for the tallest Canadian structure, one for the tallest American tower, and one for the tallest structure outside of North America. Detailed information will be posted the end of August on our web site. http://www.obe.edu.on.ca/vmasweb/ Hope your class will participate in this practical hands-on project. bcrooks@cyberus.ca Back to Finding Projects page Sail Around the World this Fall! Subject: Sail Around the World this Fall! Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 08:23:20 -0700 From: "hibbs@bfranklin.edu" Thanks to hard working efforts by Linda Riddell and her tekno-guru, Bob McConnell, at this URL those who wish to help us take the Clipper around the world on October 11, can find out more about how they can actively participate. URL: http://www.bfranklin.edu/interns/intern.html We've built a big Clipper. She is going to require a large number of sailor/explorers -with all kinds of skills sets- to make this Voyage a Landmark Event. We need Crew to write letters, do e-mail campaigning, html...ing., weberizing, powerpointing, navigation, streaming, recording, telephoning, translation, research, introducting, shanghai-ing. We need them from the Antartic to Alaska from Prague to Pretoria. The only reward I can promise is the excitement of being shoulder-to-shoulder with others who see cyberspace as the richest unexplored territory in the history of mankind. Our Clipper is going to bring home new maps and new charts, making it easier for those that follow. Our prime goal on this Voyage is to establish for all time that the second Sunday in October is *the* day the planet pauses to celebrate learning. Come, join the Voyage. Come, join the Clipper. John W. Hibbs Benjamin Franklin Institute of Global Education 4241 Jutland Drive, Suite 2000, San Diego, CA 92117 http://www.bfranklin.edu        Countdown to GLOBAL LEARN DAY II http://www.bfranklin.edu/archive      Visit the Inaugural LEARN DAY email for instant summary of Global Learn Day II VOICE: 619 230 0212        FAX: 619 270 2667 Back to Finding Projects page Fairy Tale Project Subject: Fairy Tale Project Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 09:08:32 -0700 From: Doris [doris@bayswater.schnet.edu.au] If there is anyone out there who would like to collaborate with us on a Fairy Tale project? The URL is: http://www.bayswater.schnet.edu.au/lote/maerchen/project.htm The focus primarily is for elementary students learning German as a second language. There are activities posted in both German and English. The latest addition to the project is an online quiz. The URL for that is: http://www.bayswater.schnet.edu.au/lote/maerchen/quiz/quiz1.htm All feedback gratefully received!                                       \\|//                                      (o o) ---------------------oOO--(_)--OOo-------------------------- Doris Frank Specialist Teacher Bayswater Primary School http://www.bayswater.schnet.edu.au email:doris@bayswater.schnet.edu.au Back to Finding Projects page Club Net: Classroom Internet Projects (4-9) Subject: Club Net | Classroom Internet Projects (4-9) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 11:19:08 -0700 Club Net Projects: People | Places | Environments | Cultures | Timelines * DATES: * Club Net runs in Fall '98 with five projects designed especially for grades 4 through 9. Participants will post work to the Club Net Web site on October 2, October 23, and November 13. Posting dates for Spring '99 are February 5, February 26, and March 19. When a group of diverse classrooms are linked together via the Internet, there is tremendous potential for motivating, real-world problem solving. Club Net is a new series of interdisciplinary projects from Classroom Connect designed to help teachers and students get the most out of such a partnership. Signing up for a Club Net project links your classroom to a group of other classrooms around the country. Throughout the project, the classes in your club work together to research a variety of current issues, brainstorm and share ideas, and create meaningful end-products. Each Club Net project includes a 64-page curriculum guide full of hands-on activities, teaching notes, and options for extensions and side trips. Membership in a Club Net project also gives teachers and students access to a special companion Web site. The Web site includes research links, message boards, teacher resources, and a student gallery for sharing work with other classes. * Club Net projects are... * Club Net: People -- "Is Anybody Average?" Club Net: Places -- "Where Do We Live?" Club Net: Environments -- "What Do Animals Need?" Club Net: Cultures -- "How Does the World Communicate?" Club Net: Timelines -- "What Does the Future Hold?" * For more information or to sign up, contact: * Classroom Connect, Inc. (800) 638-1639 Email: connect@classroom.com URL: http://www.classroom.com