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Square of Life

Last updated: 07/21/02

Square of Life: Studies in Local and Global Environments is an internet-based collaborative project. Students will investigate their local environment and share that information with other students from around the country and the world. Participants will: 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, and prepare a final report or presentation based on their findings. New projects begin each semester.

Resource Type: Online Project
Subjects (Level One): Language Arts, Science, Information and Technology Literacy
Subjects (Level Two): Global Studies
Grade Levels: Kindergarten, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth

WI Academic Standards:

Information and Technology Literacy
A.4.3 A.4.4 A.4.5 B.4.1 B.4.2 B.4.3 B.4.4 B.4.5 B.4.6 B.4.7 C.4.1 D.4.1

Language Arts
B.4.1 B.4.2 C.4.1 C.4.2 C.4.3 E.4.1 E.4.3 F.4.1

Science
A.4.1 A.4.3 A 4.5 B.8.1 C.4.1 C.4.2 C.4.3 C.4.4 C.4.5 C.4.6 C.4.7 C.4.8 E.4.1 F.4.1 F.4.2 F.4.3 F.4.4

Creator: Carol Shields
Keywords: Literacy, Classification (Living/Non-living), Interactive Project, Inquiry Research, Geography
Duration: Semester
Format: Web page
Languages: English

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