Internet participants will help the expedition team plan for their adventure, discuss with them their findings while in the field, and even help make navigation decisions. Along the way, the team will visit with schools and community members, and share information and insights about the Mississippi and its watershed. Contacts will be made with fascinating river characters like Chad Pregracke, a young man on a mission to clean up the trash that litters the banks of his beloved Mississippi. He's cleaned up over a thousand miles of river bank, and vowed not to stop until he gets it all. On-line conferencing and live chat connect students, teachers, and content experts in lively dialogs.
Teachers enjoy e-mail and listserv support.
On-line publication of classroom projects motivates students to do their best work. Activities explore the relationship between precipitation, land use, and flooding. Research includes past and current floods and their impacts on natural and human communities. Students take an archaeological perspective in viewing human impact on local environments. Activities focus on learning about non-renewable and renewable sources of energy.