Project Name
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Description and Address
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Journey
North: Monarch Butterflies
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- Participate in the tracking of Monarch
butterflies as they migrate northward in the spring.
- Subjects: science, geography
- Site accessed April 9, 2005
- http://www.learner.org/jnorth/monarch/index.html
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Journey
North: Mystery Class
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- Use clues about daylength to locate a
mystery class each week for ten weeks.
- Subjects: science, geography
- Site accessed April 9, 2005
- http://www.learner.org/jnorth/mclass/index.html
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Unpave
the Way for Wildlife
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- From the site: "help us illustrate
the many ways people can help wildlife through butterfly gardening and
other forms of habitat restoration."
- Subjects: science, language arts
- Site accessed April 9, 2005
- http://www.learner.org/jnorth/unpave/index.html
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How Tall
is Your School?
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- Fifth grade math project running from
October 1, 2005 to November 1, 2005 incorporating measurement and
statistics. Link is an e-mail address.
- Subjects: math, language arts
- Site accessed April 9, 2005
- mailto:jschlereth@leoniaschools.k12.edu
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USA
E-mail Project for Fifth Grade
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- Fifth grade project promotes communication
and understanding across the country. Will run from November 1,
2005 through December 15, 2005.
- Subjects: language arts, social studies,
and art
- Site accessed April 9, 2005
- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Bridge/4917/USA_5thGradeEmailProject
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Working
Together Through Weblogs
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- Opportunity to learn about geography using
a multi-school weblog.
- Subjects: language arts, social
studies,
- Site accessed April 9, 2005
- http://www.bsaweblogs.org/geographyproject/
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Global
Grocery List
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- Students share data on grocery prices and
draw conclusions from analyzing the compiled data from around the world.
- Subjects: social studies, science,
language arts
- Site accessed April 9, 2005
- http://www.landmark-project.com/ggl/
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Red
Wolves of Alligator River
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- Learn about this species, which was
recently introduced into a North Carolina wilderness. Links for
expert interviews, field diary entries, and discussion groups.
- Subjects: science, social studies,
language arts
- Site accessed April 9, 2005
- http://www.fieldtripearth.org/div_index.xml?id=2
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Peace
Corps
Cyber Volunteer
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- Communicate via e-mail with a Peace Corps
volunteer working overseas. Classes will receive one e-mail per
month.
- Subjects: language arts, social
studies
- Site accessed April 9, 2005
- http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/connect.html
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Seeking
Santa Maria
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- Follow the work of archeologists who are
searching Haiti for evidence of the sunken vessel that transported
Columbus and his crew during his first voyage.
- Subjects: social studies, science,
language arts
- Site accessed April 9, 2005
- http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/quest/projects/columbus.html
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