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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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