It will be distributed to participants and made available online at the World Class web site. Registered classrooms will open the discussion on April 22nd with a short introduction to Earth Day-related events celebrated in your class, school, or community. Each class or school sends a description of their school and what's going on for Earth Day in their class, school, or community. Opening discussion about recommended and optional reading selections. ITC will get responses from the guest and post them on the online mailing lists for all students to read.
Students submit questions for the second online guest.
ITC will post responses from the second guest. WCL97 organizes small online clusters of 6-8 classrooms. Early planning with teachers, moderators, and ITC make the tasks and materials appropriate to the grade level of the students. This year's World Class project allows anyone with access to Internet e-mail to participate. There are no additional costs for the project.