The following projects were created as homework during a Winter 1999 Leadership Institute Integrating Internet, Curriculum, and Instruction pilot online course. This project involves groups of students in an investigation of endangered species at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Students use technology to communicate with experts and research the most current statistics.
The ultimate goal of the mission is to adopt an endangered species and disseminate relevant information about the species to the neighboring community. The project can be used as a model to investigate any community's endangered species and provide the community with information. This project encourages students to research the drinking water delivery system in the local area, recognize the importance of political action regarding water conservation issues, communicate with a variety of subject matter experts, and collaborate with ninth grade science students in aggregating collected data and reporting findings. Third grade students take water samples and analyze them using test kits. They develop a system to catalog their samples and submit the results to project collaborators, ninth grade high school science students.