Welcome to Global Lab!

Dear student,

What is a neighborhood? A typical neighborhood includes people who live close to one another, so close that they see one another relatively frequently and rely upon each other. There is a great difference between "neighborliness" for those living on the open plain, where the nearest neighbors of some farmers are miles away, and for those living in a high-rise city apartment, where people along the same hall might be considered neighbors.

Then, what is an international neighborhood? The Internet now allows people living far apart to get to know each other so well that they might be considered "neighbors". We can build international neighborhoods, laboratories, and libraries because we recognize that we have a shared future on this single planet, and that we need to get to know each other, or at least a few representatives of the many inhabitants of the globe.

In Global Lab, you will learn science with students like yourselves; they may be next door or on another continent. You will share experiences and resources and help each other to better understand the world around you. You will al be experts on what is happening on the land you choose to study, a "study site." As experts, you will have much to teach each other.

Your Hello Page

The Hello message is a series of descriptions and pictures that introduces your class, school and your region to the Global Lab community.

Take time alone and, in your journal, write your own suggestions of important points to include in a message about your class, school and region.

Use the spaces below to write down your own ideas about how to introduce your class, school and region in words, pictures and more.


Your class (several sentences pointing out how your class is different from others; add pictures)
Examples: Interests, events, mascots, favorite sports, favorite music, adventures, trips.

Think about sharing class pictures:

Examples: Russian school class pictures in 2008-9

US, Italian and Russian pictures of classes in 2007-8

Your school (several sentences)
Examples: Age of your school, when it was founded, what makes it special, unusual traditions, famous graduates, specialties, ceremonies; add pictures.


Examples: Russian pictures of schools in 2008-9

US, Italian and Russian pictures of schools in 2007-8

Examples:
Your region (several sentences)
Examples: What kind of region, nearest water, places of interest, history, where people go for fun, where they go to study, parks; add pictures.

Examples: Russian community pictures of regions in 2008-9

US, Italian and Russian pictures of regions in 2007-8

Sharing Your Message

When possible, add your pictures and descriptions to the GL web pages. (Go to Sharing) Share the message with other schools. Getting to know a few schools well is always useful, so consider which schools you would like to work with intensively.

Check the GL map periodically for contributions from other schools. You may want to print out and post them or store them in a notebook.

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