TIME: Classes are 3 one hour and a half sessions/week for 8 weeks

 

WEEK 1

***Introducing Beacon International Neighborhoods (1-2 classes) GO

What is a neighborhood? What is an international neighborhood?

Overview of Beacon's Growing International Neighborhoods (BEGIN)

Grasping the Whole Globe: Implications of geography, culture and politics

 

***Introducing Telecommunication (1-2 classes)GO

How do we communicate?

About "International Neighborhoods"
Email, Threaded Discussion, Bulletins, Calendar, Display Spaces, Links, Questionnaire

About Telecommunication

WEEK 2

***Introducing Ourselves (1 class)GO

Who are we?
Introducing students
Introducing our school
Introducing our region and country

***Getting the Lay of the Land (1 class - field trip)GO

Discovering the environment around You
Extensions of inventory and transect

Practicing Good Communication (1 class) GO

How can we improve our understanding of one another?
Exercise in sending and receiving clear communication
What are the rules? Diplomacy at home and abroad

WEEK 3

Preparing to Meet (1 class)GO

Researching countries and regions
Visualizing each other

 

Special Focus on Water: Mapping and Describing Our Body of Water (2 classes)GO

Student Water Inventory
Field study

WEEK 4

Special Focus on Water: Water Habitats and Life (1 class) GO

Life in the water
The effect of temperature on water habitats

Special Focus on Water: Introducing Probes: Calibration (2 classes) GO

How do you know that a scale is giving a true reading?
Calibrate an unmarked thermometer and temperature probe
Collect data with calibrated tools

WEEK 5

Special Focus on Water: Data Munching (2 classes)GO

How can we display data?
Investigate terms such as ranking, range, median, and average
Discuss the benefits of using a spreadsheet to graph data

Special Focus on Water: Environmental Temperature (1 class)GO

What makes an object warm?
What is the difference between the temperature in a shady location versus that in a location with direct sunlight?
Analyze a temperature bar chart

WEEK 6

Special Focus on Water: Environmental Temperature and Shade (3 classes) GO

What affects the temperature of a body of water?
Analyze a temperature X-Y line graph
Find the relationship between light and temperature

WEEK 7

Selected Extensions

 

WEEK 8

Introducing Learning Software: The What If Builder GO

Looking Ahead at more Learning Software: Visual Community Builder and Ecological Footprint Calculator GO

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