The intent of the project is to provide cultural awareness, a link with the social studies curriculum, and an opportunity to practice the language. As they work through the project, students are engaged in writing across the curriculum, exploring the principles of oceanography, ecology, conservaton, geography, urban demographics, estimating, measuring, and problem solving. Future Feathered Friends Students take on the role of professional biologists whose task is to determine the reasons behind dramatic declines in shorebird populations. They use the Internet to collect data and communicate with other members of the science community. Science Back to Top 10-12 Winners Name Name of Lesson Subject First Prize Douglas Johnson US Government and the Economy Students examine the role of fiscal and monetary policy and other ways that the government seeks to influence the economy.
Students conduct interviews about taxation, fill out tax forms and play simulations.
The final activity is to create a handbook to train policy makers. History Second Prize Lani Ritter Diversity in America Students use links to web resources about discrimination and to the census bureau to learn about tolerance and diversity. In this lesson they explore their personality, investigate their career interests, and search for music and literary elements that represent them. This lesson was originally created for Spanish students, but can be adapted to an English or social studies class. English Ed Grant Enrichment of the English Language Students use the Bartlett's Familiar Quotations website to select quots for later presentation in an oral report before the class.