Square of Life Project
Square of Life: Studies in Local and Global Environments is an Internet-based collaborative project in which students will investigate their local environment and share that information with other students from around the country and the world. (CIESE - use Square of Life project link)
Learning Objectives:
Identify living and non-living things in their school yards.
Share their findings with other participating classes.
Look for similarities and differences in the reported data.
Prepare a final report or presentation based on their findings.
(CIESE - use Square of Life project link)
State Standards:
AZ State science standards4
Implementation Challenges:
Limited Access to three computers in the classroom
Discovery Lab Availability
Age-appropriate websites
The Internet is down in the lab
Desert Animals
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