Teacher provides resources, and may arrange for a local expert to talk to students. Teacher must have pre-purchased 5 or more variety of seeds for students to choose from and a safe fertilizer. Students will advertise on a listserv for partners. Partners chosen for geographical diversity. Teachers provides Internet address to accomplish this step.
Students locate partners on a map or globe.
Students find out more about their partners' region. Teachers help students prepare questionnaire for their partners. Students write detailed instructions for site preparation, planting, fertilization and data collection methods. Mailed to partners along with bags of seed and fertilizer. Teacher needs to arrange for plot site.