Project Level: Basic

Curriculum Area: History and Social Studies, Language

Technologies Used: Email


Full Project Description:
1.Each child in the class completes a survey form about what they think a typical day in the life of a child at Northcross Intermediate School in New Zealand is like.
To help answer our questions students will need to research using the internet, CD ROM etc
2.Each child in our class will write what they think a typical day for you is like.
3.Through the class teacher the emails will be exchanged. Each child will be linked to a partner and will write back explaining how close your descriptions of our days were.Your children in turn will do the same for us.

Here are the questions we will research for your children, and in turn you will answer for us.
1.The people in my household are...
2.The place I live in looks like...
3.My bedroom looks like...
4.When I look out the window I see....
5.For breakfast I eat.....
6.Clothing I put on is...
7.I get to school by...
8.I start and finish school at .....
9.During my school day I....
10. After school I ....

Objectives:
Aim:
To communicate with students of a similar age around the world.
To break down stereotypes amongst different cultures and to encourage information sharing.
To develop research skills.

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Project Registration Information
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Project Email Address: renate@northcross.school.nz

Registration Acceptance Dates: 5/01/00 to 6/30/00

Number of Classrooms: 10

Age Range: 10 to 14 years

Target Audience: Anyone


Registration Instructions:
When you register with us we will begin researching about your culture and you acn be doing the same about us.
We will send each other our information.
Children will then reply to their partners describing how accurate they were.


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Project Contact Information
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Renate Smith - mailto:renate@northcross.school.nz
Teacher -  Northcross Intermediate School
Auckland,NZ