From: Chris.Rowan@f2.n3820.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Rowan)
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Subject: Geogame
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 92 21:49:53 PST
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From tenet.edu!cstout Tue, 8 Sep 1992 12:31:56 GMT
Subject: Geography Game
Organization: The Texas Education Network
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 12:31:56 GMT


Please print and distribute this call for collaboration to teachers
you know who may be interested in participating.
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Project Name:  GEOGAME: Geography Game           (c) September 7, 1992
                                                   FrEdMail Foundation

               Tom Clauset of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, developed
               this project. It was described in the article, "Keys to
               Successful Networking" in the May, 1990 issue of the
               Computing Teacher Magazine.

Date:          School year 1992-1993

Date:          This project will be conducted three different times:
               October 19, 1992
               January 11, 1992
               April 5, 1992

Purpose:       Learn geography terms, learn how to read and interpret
               maps,  increase awareness of geographical and cultural
               diversity

Subjects:      Geography, social studies, writing

Grade level:   Middle-Upper Elementary;  open to all grade levels

Summary:       Your class answers eight questions about your own
               location, including information about latitude, typical
               weather, land formations, and so on.

               We collect responses from all participants, scramble
               the locations, and return the list of answers and the
               scrambled sources back to you.

               You students use maps, atlases, and other reference
               materials to match the description of each location
               with the name of the corresponding city.

               At the conclusion of the project we will  post the
               correct answers. The "winning" class is the first class
               with the most correct solutions to the game.

               This has been a perennial favorite project, one which
               will excite your students and lead you into the
               exciting world of online communications.

Number of participants:   10-20 sites;  If more than 20 sites respond
               we will open another section.

Project        Nancy Sutherland, FrEdMail Foundation
Coordinator:   PO Box 243, Bonita, CA 91908
               619-475-4852
               email:   geogame@bonita2.cerf.fred.org

HOW TO REGISTER:    First attached file is the registration form.
               Complete the form and email it back to the address
               indicated.

CONTENTS:      Attached file 1:  Registration form
               Attached file 2:  Complete project outline and
                                 procedures

<arogers@bonita.cerf.fred.org> ---------------- 32.39.28N, 117.01.45W
Al Rogers                                         FrEdMail Foundation
PO Box 243, Bonita, CA 91908                             619-475-4852
            Linking Teachers and Students Around the World


                                                      Attached File #1
                                              FrEdMail GeoGame Project
                                           ---------------------------
                                                 (c) September 7, 1992
                                                   FrEdMail Foundation
REGISTRATION:  1992-1993
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To register please complete and return the following information to:
              geogame@Bonita2.cerf.fred.org

Register for Which Project:
   October 19, 1992.______
   January 11, 1993.______
      April 5, 1993.______

     Your full name:
 Your email address:
        Your school:
           District:
     SCHOOL address:

 School voice phone:
   Home voice phone:
    Grade(s) taught:
          Subject(s)

To avoid confusion please refer to GEOGAME whenever you correspond
with us so that we can match you up with the proper project.

                                                      Attached File #2
                                              FrEdMail GeoGame Project
                                              ------------------------
                                                 (c) September 7, 1992
                                                   FrEdMail Foundation
GEOGAME TIME LINE
=================

This project will be conducted three different times:
               October 19, 1992
               January 11, 1992
               April 5, 1992

This time line is a summary; dates are for the October 19 project.
Complete details are in the next section

October 5:     Deadline for registration

October 5:     Begin researching the answers to the GeoGame questions
               about your local community.

October 15:    Have your students compose your answers according to
               the format described below.

October 19:    Send your answer file as a message to:
               geogame@bonita2.cerf.fred.org

October 26:    We will assemble all responses and mail them to all
               participants.

October 27-30: Download the game files we send. Print them out and
               distribute them to your students. Discuss with them
               strategies they might use to match locations with
               descriptions.

November 2-November 13: Upload your answers which match the locations
               with your descriptions.

November 16:   We will mail the results of the game, "winners" will be
               announced.


GENERAL PROCEDURE
=================

1.   FILLING OUT THE DESCRIPTION FOR YOUR CITY
     Start with a whole-class discussion of the game and go over the
     identifying characteristics of the 8 description items.  Discuss
     latitudes, time zones, land forms, points of interest, tourist
     attractions, state capitals, and nearby rivers as needed.

     Divide your class into groups of two or three and give them each
     a question. Have them do a little research in the library or with
     local maps to find the answer to their question.  Come back
     together in a whole-class discussion and elicit the answers to
     each group's question.  Have a student in the class act as a
     'secretary' to compile the answers.

     Type up the 8 answers and EMail them to the Project Coordinator
     by the deadline date.

     Please help us by using the example below as your template. We
     will assemble your answer EXACTLY as you send them to us. If your
     answers are ambiguous or erratically formatted we will NOT be
     able to include them in the project.

ANSWER TEMPLATE
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City:                      Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1. Latitude:               40 degrees
2. Time Zone:              Eastern
3. Winter:                 Cold & snowy!-High today: 40/Low: 20
   Dress:                  Heavy coats, boots, gloves, hat
4. Closest river:          Susquehanna River/gently rolling
                           farmland
5. Tourist Attractions:    Amish farms
6. Population:             386,600
7. Direction from capital: Southeast
8. Famous For:             Home of former president, James
                           Buchanan;
                           location of Franklin & Marshall
                           College
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2.   PLAYING THE GAME
     A week after the deadline, we will email a file containing all of
     the participating classes and their location descriptions.

     While you are waiting, gather a few materials for the class so
     that students can break up into small groups to begin the process
     of matching locations up with descriptions. (Large United States
     map showing time zones & latitudes, set of encyclopedias for
     individual state maps, AAA road maps, Rand McNally Road Atlas,
     Almanac, etc.)

     When you receive the GeoGame file from us, duplicate enough
     copies of the city/state locations to give one to each child in
     your class.  Print out the descriptions, divide your class up
     into 4 or 5 groups and give each group an equal number of the
     descriptions.

     You might want to set aside two or three 20-30 minute "Research
     Periods" for the groups to try to match up their descriptions
     with the city/state locations.

     Or, you may want to set up a reference corner in the library or
     your classroom where students can go work on the project during
     their free time.

     When your students have done the best job they can on the match
     ups, type the number of the description which matches next to the
     name of the City/State on the list which we sent you. EMail it us
     by the deadline date listed in the timeline.

3.  WHO WINS THE GAME?
     After the final deadline, we will email the results. The
     "winning" classrooms will the earliest ones with which matched
     the most locations with their correct descriptions.

4. GEOGRAPHY GAME QUESTIONNAIRE
     1. What is the latitude of your city?
     2. In which time zone are you located?
     3. Describe the winter season in your area.  Include
        temperatures, precipitation, and seasonal dress.
     4. List any prominent land forms in your area and name the
        closest river.  How far are you from this river?
     5. Name the points of interest or tourist attractions in your
        area.
     6. What is the population of your city?
     7. In what direction is your city from the state capital?
     8. For whom or for what is your city famous?

--
Connie Stout            (512) 463-9091: voice
Texas Education Agency          (512) 463-9090: fax
1701 N. Congress Ave.           (512) 463-0828 ex. 39091: Voice Mail
Austin, TX 78701        cstout@tenet.edu


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