Your class can participate this year by registering at the site before October 22. Messages will be exchanged from October 25 to December 17. The project allows students of all ages to explore the ways in which language, the arts, and other cultural elements facilitate global understanding. It also provides experience in addressing postcards, maintaining mailing lists, creating and maintaining classroom displays, and generating publicity with school and local press. The site also includes suggestions for extending the project throughout your curriculum.
Students adopt the puppy, and introduce it to the history, geography, and culture of their region.
Then students share their puppy's experiences with other participants through journal writing, photographs, videos, local artifacts, and telecommunication. Puppies Harley and Haley will be traveling from September 1999 through May 2000. Participants perform a variety of experiments to learn about the local soil, record their observations in a lab journal, and then submit them using a standardized form provided at the site. They can also exchange ideas and questions in the site's discussion area. The site includes suggestions for experiments as well as starter questions, a blackline master, and links to related sites.