by mwuesthoff@digidesigncompany.com | Aug 30, 2023
Grade/Age:
Primary (5-11), Middle (12-14), Secondary (15-18)
Subject:
Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)
Global Goals:
4. Quality Education, 16: Peace and Justice, Strong Institutions
Dates:
September 2024 – June 2025
Project Description:
Sharing cultures through a visiting soft toy.Through the exchange of a bear or other soft toy, students create journal entries to share with their partner class. The students write diary messages as if they are the visiting bear describing its experiences in the new culture. Some of the experiences included lessons learned in school, a visit home with each student, social events, meals and class activities. The student work is shared on a weekly basis with the partner class. Throughout the school year students are eager to find out what their bear is doing in the visiting country.
When is the project most active?
Beginning of the school year
Length of time to complete project:
Instructional time required for project:
less than 1 hour per week
Project Phases:
- Start of school year: build anticipation by choosing name of bear/soft toy, creating a persona (e.g. passport), introduce sponsoring country in journal or accompanying materials, mail bear/soft toy
- Share teddy bear adventures in host country digitally or in hard copy journal
- Close exchange by returning ambassador teddy bear or having teddy bear immigrate to host country. Send any hard copy materials.
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by mwuesthoff@digidesigncompany.com | Aug 30, 2023
Stick: Measuring the Circumference of the Earth
Grade/Age:
Primary (5-11), Middle (12-14), Secondary (15-18)
Subject:
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)
Global Goals:
4: Quality Education; 10: Reduced Inequalities
Dates:
September/October and April/May
Project Description:
The main objective of this project is to measure the perimeter of the Earth, similarly to the one used by Eratostenes more than two thousand two hundred years ago. For this, each group of students and their teachers will measure the height and shadow of a rod during the solar midday. Each school will share the values of your measurements by completing the calculation form created on Google.
El objetivo principal de este proyecto es medir el permetro de la Tierra, de manera similar a la que utiliz Eratstenes hace ms de dos mil doscientos aos. Para ello, cada grupo de alumnos y sus docentes medirn la altura y sombra de una vara durante el medioda solar. Cada escuela compartir los valores de sus mediciones mediante el completado de la planilla de clculo creada en Google.
When is the project most active?
Length of time to complete project:
Instructional time required for project:
less than 1 hour per week
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by mwuesthoff@digidesigncompany.com | Aug 29, 2023
Grade/Age:
Primary (5-11), Middle (12-14)
Global Goals:
3: Good Health and Well-Being
Project Description:
This project enables students to develop a healthy lifestyle to keep their mind and body performing at their best. It enables students to develop a healthy life style by adapting good eating habits and exercise to help keep their mind and body performing at their best. Students will learn what a healthy diet is and explore relationship between diet and health. They will examine their eating habits to determine if they are getting the right foods to stay healthy. It is important for them to learn that a healthy body is not just about being fit for which food and exercise is a part, they need to develop a healthy mental and spiritual attitude for their physical well being.
When is the project most active?
Length of time to complete project:
Instructional time required for project:
less than 1 hour per week
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by mwuesthoff@digidesigncompany.com | Aug 29, 2023
Global Art: A Sense of Caring
Grade/Age:
Primary (5-11), Middle (12-14), Secondary (15-18)
Subject:
Creative & Language Arts, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)
Global Goals:
15: Life on Land
Dates:
September 2024 –Â July 2025Â Â
Project Description:
The purpose of this project is to support youth to exchange digital photos/artwork and writing on the theme of caring. Students in participating schools and communities write a story or a poem on his/her ideas of caring. Student then create an artwork according to the story. Students then design a class Service Learning project that demonstrates caring for others and take action to benefit the community and show how much they care about. Students use different mediums including software to produce artwork on the theme of caring. Students can also take digital photographs that show what they care about and how they care for one another and other living things in their schools, families, communities and the world. Students will use these images along with text to create a PowerPoint or slide show for the story. Students share their completed projects in the project forum.
When is the project most active?
September, October, January, and February
Length of time to complete project:
September, October, January, and February
Instructional time required for project:
less than 1 hour per week
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by mwuesthoff@digidesigncompany.com | Aug 29, 2023
Grade/Age:
Primary (5-11), Middle (12-14), Secondary (15-18)
Subject:
Creative & Language Arts, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math
Global Goals:
13: Action; 15: Life on Land; 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Dates:
October 2024 – April 2025
Project Description:
Classrooms around the world choose Daffodil and/or Tulip bulbs to plant during the same week in November (Northern Hemisphere) or April (Southern Hemisphere).
Students will be asked to collect temperature data throughout the experiment and report to the group – in addition they will report when the blooms appear etc. The project can be as involved or as simple as your class needs it to be
When is the project most active?
November through February
Length of time to complete project:
Instructional time required for project:
less than 1 hour per week
Facilitator(s):
Ruty Hotzen, rutyhotzen@gmail.com
Project Phases:
Registration and “getting to know you until November.
Planting on the last week of November.
Sending information and collaborate about the Research question November until February.
Uploading summaries from March until April.
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