Provides on-line expeditions to distant places, such as Arctic, Central America, and Egypt. An ongoing series of electronic field trips to scientific frontiers via interactive television and the Internet for middle schools. Supported by NASA, the National Science Foundation, and PBS K-12 Learning Services. Some projects ask students to contribute poetry, stories, experiences, thoughts, or other writing or they ask students to investigate research questions. Teachers work with their students to gather information, perform research when needed, and report results.
Students learn to appreciate each other's cultures, contributions, and customs.
Sometimes students help experts with important research by reporting scientific phenomena in their area. Information exchanges prompt students to contribute to world-wide research. They learn that their contributions are valued, necessary, and utilized. Judi Harris has developed a more detailed classification in her Network-Based Educational Activity Structures . This environmental monitoring project raises awareness of fragmented wildlife corridors as it documents an often-overlooked environmental situation.