Nearly 300 schools in 21 countries are linked, from Argentina to Australia, Nicaragua to the Netherlands. Beyond trading languages and customs, the network is a powerful tool for teaching science, history, and other subjects. Above all, your first-hand accounts of the coup and its aftermath gave us insight into the actions and feelings of those who participated in the defense of their new and precious democracy. For most K-12 schools in the United States, that means little or no expense for hardware. The network offers training for teachers on how to use the system and how to integrate it into the curriculum.
Participants explore history, social studies, science, and more.
Science lessons on the environment are common nowadays, but few students travel to the Hague, Netherlands, and present their class project to the World Court as these students did. A team of Russian and American students researched and published a guide for setting up joint business ventures in the former Soviet Union, the first document of its kind. A group of international businesspeople at New York's World Trade Center saw the booklet and asked for copies to use in their work. Led by an Australian school, a group of students is collecting data on ultraviolet radiation levels, an indicator of the health of the ozone layer. The readings will be compiled into a monthly newsletter on ozone layer depletion.