This comprehensive site provides resources, contacts, research and other practical information to parents, community members, teachers and other charter school organizers. Developed by WestEd in collaboration with the California State University Institute for Education Reform and the U.S. Department of Education. This online version of the magazine contains news, multimedia, and more. The project will be launched in October,1997, and continue through April, 1998. The site includes learning outcomes, instructional strategies, assessment strategies, and learning resources.
Students look at characteristics and challenges of the desert from different perspectives.
After they learn about the desert and complete the assignments given to them, they design a multimedia presentation describing what they have found and present it back to the class. This project was designed to take about a week to do, with kids in groups of 5 or less. The objective of this Web version of the classic supply and demand simulation is to make money. Players must decide how much lemonade to make, how much to charge for each cup, and how much to spend on advertising. This could be part of a unit on profit.