======================================= NEW AND CONTINUING PROJECTS FOR KIDS96: ======================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Math Science Language Social Other Arts Studies ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. MULTI-CULTURAL CALENDAR ........................*.........* 2. KIDCLUB ........................................*............topic varies 3. DESERT ....... ........................*........*.........* 4. FLAGS .........................................*.........* 5. SS CENTRAL AMERICA (SHIPWRECK)..*......*........*.........* 6. MATH PENPALS ...................*......*........*.......... 7. WRITERS' CORNER.................................*.........* 8. LANDMARKS ......................................*.........* 9. ROBOTICS .......................*......*........*..............design tech 10. INVADERS and SETTLERS .................*........*.........* 11. INVENTIONS ............................*........*.........*....design tech 12. PLATE TECHTONICS.......................*........*.........* 13. READERS' CORNER.................................*.........* 14. IDENTIFY THE NUT................*......*........*.........* 15. THROUGH OUR EYES................................*.........* 16. VIRTUAL CHINA...................................*.........* 17. WETLANDS...............................*........*.........* 18. ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE.............*......*........*.........* 19. WHALES.................................*........*.........* 20. LIFE IN THE OCEAN......................*........*.........* 21. MIDI MUSIC RELAY................................*..............Music 22. AEROSPACE..............................*........*.........* 23. KIDLYMPICS......................*.........................*....Sports ======================================================================= 1) MULTI-CULTURAL CALENDAR PROJECT ======================================================================= Everyday is a holiday somewhere in our KIDLINK countries. KIDPROJ is gathering holiday and festival text descriptions, picture files (.gif, .pcx) and sound files (.wav) for holidays celebrated in our participating countries. The project began in January, 1994 but is ongoing and open ended. Project moderators: Patti Weeg Mike Burleigh Steef de Haas Web version created by Mark Hunnibell and Stephan de Haas: http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC ======================================================================= 2) KIDCLUB ======================================================================= Each Saturday at 17:00 GMT KIDLINK youth join the KIDLINK IRC on channel #KIDCLUB to discuss prepared topics. KIDCLUB began in the summer of 1993 and was originally moderated by Mike Burleigh, Patti Weeg and Mikael Sundholm. Today the young people are showing their leadership qualities and are moderating KIDCLUB themselves under the guidance of Stellan Kinberg. These fine young people are: Jody Ghani - United Kingdom (jod@ghani.demon.co.uk) Inbal Zarchin - Israel (inbalz@mail.snunit.k12.il) Nada Evanusa - Maryland, USA (nevanusa@shore1.intercom.net) Heidi Schnarr - Pennsylvania, USA (Heidi.Schnarr@NeoPost.Bryn-Athyn.PA.US) Clay Boeschen - California, USA (claybo@crl.com) The topics are chosen by the youth and at times a guest speaker will come to the IRC and lead the discussion. Once a month John Ost holds the "Writers' Corner" IRC on KIDCLUB which has become very popular. All KIDLINK youth are invited to join these real time chats. If you are interested, or just require more information please do not hesitate to contact Jody. Jody or the other team members will help you. Yours in KIDCLUBbing, KIDCLUB Core Team. Stellan Kinberg, Moderator stellan.kinberg@netg.se ======================================================================= 3) DESERT AND DESERTIFICATION PROJECT ======================================================================= "D E S E R T A N D D E S E R T I F I C A T I O N - 1996" About 36% of the total area of the globe is covered with Deserts. Most of this area is in the third world. Geographers distinguish between "warm deserts" and "cold deserts". To anyone who is not a geographer, a desert is "No Man's Land", because they fail to understand how people can live in the hard conditions that are so typical to desert areas . To the people that live in the desert - a desert means a way of living. In many places in the world, scientists are doing a lot of research to find out ways that will enable people to make use of the deserts for living, production of food and energy. Because desert areas are sparsely populated and are only little developed at present, we believe that they will have a different place in our world in the future. Therefor, it is important to teach people about the desert and about the possibilities for further development of deserts. We invite Netters, teachers, students and researchers, to join us in an adventure of learning about "Desert and Desertification". This is a year long (September 1995 to May 1996) project, that has 4 Stages. The structure of this project will enable students (as well as classes) to join this project at any stage according to their timetable. In this project we will understand the ways people lived in the desert in the past (as nomads, different cultures developed around the oasis) and the role the desert will play in the future. This year, the project will be a bi-lingual project - it will operate both in Hebrew and English. The Hebrew Part of the project will be hosted by "Snunit" - The Educational Information System of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, URL: http://www.snunit.k12.il/ Participants will be able to use the language that suits them best. Project Moderators: Hannah Sivan and David Lloyd. for details write to Visit the DESERT Web pages: http://snunit.huji.ac.il/desert/desert.htm ======================================================================= 4) FLAGS PROJECT ======================================================================= KIDPROJ is collecting the flags of our KIDLINK countries which have been 'drawn' by KIDLINK students using a graphics program. The kids are encouraged to give text descriptions and explanations of the colors and design of their flag. Project moderators: Robbert Uittenbroek Andraz Tancek Flags already collected can be found in the KIDLINK gopher: global.kidlink.org and also in this Web site: http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Flags ======================================================================= 5) THE SSCA (CENTRAL AMERICA) PROJECT ======================================================================= The SSCA (Central America) Project is an adventure waiting to take us back into history. The Central America was a steamship (SS) that sank in 1857 during a hurricane off the Carolinas. The project is being hosted by Rosewood School (Rock Hill, South Carolina) and includes Milt and Bud Butterworth as technical advisors for the project. Milt is the Director of Photography for the Columbus-America Discovery Group. This is the team, under the direction of Tommy Thompson, that found the wreck of the SSCA. The SSCA Kidlink Project is a multidisciplinarian approach to the sharing of what happened to the SSCA and how she has been revisited over 100 years later. Highlights of the first two weeks of the project include chats with Milt and Bud, television coverage of an on-line scientific investigation that can be duplicated in any classroom (with registered participants receiving complete plans and directions), the sharing of information about hurricane experiences, and live television coverage of a chat featuring WBTV meteorologist Al Conklin, Milt Butterworth, and Kidlink's own Mark Hunnibell answering questions about hurricanes and their role in the sinking of this ship, as well as their importance in South Carolina. (How many of you knew that Mark Hunnibell used to fly airplanes INTO hurricanes...on purpose!?) As it begins its second year, the SSCA Shipwreck to Remember Project will be based on four basic modules of study. The most extensive module deals with the wreck, the story of the passengers and crew aboard her, hurricanes, and the history and geography of the wreck. Additional modules will begin as the wreck module continues and will run concurrently. Those modules will include a study of the cargo aboard the ship, investigation into the technology used to find wrecks and to retrieve artifacts from a wreck, as well as different aspects of science related to the ocean waters at 8000 feet. Moderator: Jamie Wilkerson http://web.sunbelt.net/~wilkerson/shipwreck.html ======================================================================= 6) MATH PENPALS: COMMUNICATION THROUGH NUMBERS PROJECT ======================================================================= MATH PEN PALS: COMMUNICATION THROUGH NUMBERS is an on-going project that began in September 1994. Registration is continual as schools/students may join or leave the project at any time. Students will communicate with their math penpals on a variety of topics. Weather data (daily high/low temperatures; weekly precipitation) will be shared weekly. Monthly events include surveys and comparison pricing. We encourage classes to graph the information received, submit ascii graphs to the kidproj list, and share activity ideas with their penpals. My class of sixth grade learning disabled students will be responsible for gathering and disseminating the information on a timely basis. We also will be sharing examples of "math in the real world." All ages within the KIDLINK requirements are welcomed to participate as our non-math classes. This is a multi-leveled, multi-disciplinary project with lots of flexibility for teachers to adjust the project activities to meet the needs of their students. As a special bonus, Ken "our friendly on-line meteorologist", has agreed to once again serve as our science expert to answer questions about our data. MATH PEN PALS was a winner in the 1995 ISTE SIG/TEL on-line project activity contest. We will once again feature our most popular activities including our M and M survey (remember we now have blue as a color); solstice and equinox sunrise/sunset data collection; 100th day activities; and personal thermometers, in addition to new activities still being developed. The MATH PEN PAL project managers encourage you to continually submit activity ideas, so we can all communicate and better understand our global neighbors through numbers. Leisa Winrich Project Manager Thomas Jefferson Middle School Menomonee Falls, WI lwinrich@quest.arc.nasa.gov http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Math Visit a site where some Math Keypal projects were used in the classroom: http://www.intercom.net/local/weeg/math.html ======================================================================= 7) WRITER'S CORNER PROJECT ======================================================================= *************************** The Writers' Corner ********************** ** Hemingway's Cafe Steinbeck's Sloop ** ** Please Come Join Us ** ** ** ** Saturdays IRC -- Kidproject 1700 G.M.T. ** ** ** *********************************************************************** Howdy all you scribes! This is John Ost, your roving freelance writer currently on assignment in the Lone Star State. I'm looking forward to meeting all of you at our cybercafe on Saturdays for our monthly Writers' Corner. What will we do? We'll meet as a group once a month. We'll interview and chat with guest writers who occasionally pay a visit to our bistro. Construct stories as a group. Craft sentences. Paint scenes with our words. Tell a good story. Share our writing with each other. Experiment. Perhaps initiate some writing contests. Simply discuss writing. I'll also be available to you all during the month. I strongly encourage you to share your stories, journals, poetry, fiction, nonfiction and ideas with me. I'll respond. It might take a day or two while I'm on the road but I'll respond. I hope to enlist the help of other writers as we grow as a group. Moderator: John Ost http://www.mv.com/Writers-Corner/Homepage.html ======================================================================= 8) LANDMARKS ======================================================================= Choose a Landmark anywhere in the world. Have your students research facts concerning the landmark and compose nine interesting clues. Post three clues per week to the KIDPROJ list over a three week period. All registered schools can ask one question per week which requires a yes or no answer to each clue posting school. At the end of the three weeks the school which guessed the most landmarks will be declared the winner! Moderator: Carol Siwinski http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Landmark/landmark.html ======================================================================= 9) ROBOTICS ======================================================================= Many of us study robotics in our schools and we would like to do a project where we can share what we are doing. We have a robotics engineer at Carnegie Mellon University Field and Mobile Robotics Center who is willing to do a videoconference and tell the students about what he does with robotics in his job. He would be a great role model for the kids and would give the kids the understanding that what they are working on in school today is applicable in the world of grown ups. So we can get an idea about the interest in this project. Please provide: Your name: School: Location: E-mail address: Do you use Lego Logo? Do you use Fischertechnik? Would you participate in e-mail, IRC, and videoconference? Project suggested by: Barb Manchee ======================================================================= 10. INVADERS AND SETTLERS PROJECT (awaiting participants) ======================================================================= UK children would like to link with schools in: ITALY to learn about the Romans who invaded the British Isles DENMARK to discover more about the 'Jutes' and 'Angles' invaders BELGIUM to find out what they learn about the 'Frisians' NETHERLANDS and NORTH GERMANY to learn about the 'Saxon'invader and settlers NORWAY and SWEDEN to discover what they can tell us about the 'Vikings' The following time line covers the period of history studied by UK schools following the National Curriculum History programme of study 'Invaders and Settlers'. Any participating schools in England will be limited to the period covered by this time line. 55-54 BC Roman General Julius Caesar invades Britain. 43 AD Romans under Emperor Claudius invade Britain. 60 The Celtic people revolt against the Romans. 122 Romans build Hadrian's Wall to defend Britain against the Picts and Scots. 312 Roman Empire becomes Christian 406 Roman armies leave Britain and Angles and Saxons begin to arrive. 500 King Arthur may have lived and fought about this time. 597 Augustine arrives in Britain from Rome 625 Pope sent Paulinus to convert Northumbria to Christianity. 784 King Offa and Charlemagne exchange letters 793 Vikings begin to raid Britain (Lindisfarne Monastery destroyed) 878 King Alfred fleet defeats the Vikings 973 Edgar is crowned the first king of all England 1016 Cnut of Denmark becomes King of England 1016-1035 1066 Battle of Hastings. England is conquered by the Normans, William of Normandy becomes King of England. This project will run on the KIDPROJ list and should interest schools in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Norway, North Germany and Italy as well as the UK and we would hope schools in The Shetland Isles where there is much evidence in place names of the Viking language. Participating schools may wish to develop any of the following activities: 1: Schools in Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, North Germany and Italy may wish to inform UK school children of the history they learn about the period and in turn discover some of the facts which UK children learn. 2: The children may wish to fax one another designs for cardboard models of the ships and houses made by these people based on museum evidence. 3: Interaction between participants will develop further the potential of this project. 4: Jeremy Johnson of the Vikings CD-ROM project is available on this list to help schools. We would like participating schools to join the list and discuss the kinds of activities they would like to include in this project. Mike Burleigh ======================================================================= 11. INVENTIONS PROJECT (project complete - Web pages coming soon) ======================================================================= Every time you figure out a new way of doing something or change something to fit your needs, you become an inventor!! An inventor is someone who thinks of new ideas to make life easier or better through the use of an invention. Inventions can be a "new way of doing things" (process), or Inventions can be the "result of an accident" (serendipitous), or Inventions can be a "new way of making something" (innovation). For nine weeks, from the week of September 11th, to the week of November 7th, we will be working together to discuss inventions and create inventions. Participating KIDLINKers will work in teams, using the "Creative Problem Solving Method", to try to discover a solution to a problem, or a way to make life easier or better. Guest speakers from the area of research and development will come join us on the KIDLINK IRC to discuss the invention process in the real world, and we will have a patent attorney speak to us about the patent/copyright/trademark process. The time line for our project follows: Pre-project: Students send in Responses to the 4 questions, teachers or students register for the KIDLINK IRC Week 1 (week of September 11th): Classes discuss inventors/inventions in their area Week 2 (week of September 18th): Classes interview friends and family for "problems" and brainstorm a list to be sent to KIDPROJ. Week 3 (week of September 25th): Students choose a problem to work on. Laurie Williams will match students interested in the same problem and set up teams. Week 4 (week of October 2nd): Teams brainstorm ideas for a solution. (Guest speaker #1) Week 5 (week of October 9th): Teams shorten their solutions list and evaluate the possible solutions to choose the best solution for the problem. (Guest speaker #2) Week 6 (week of October 16th): Teams discuss the form that their model will take. (Guest speaker #3) Week 7 (week of October 23rd): Teams create a model of their solution and give their solution a name. (Guest speaker #4) Week 8 (week of October 30): Teams complete "inventor's logs" and develop a hard copy edition of their logs for their teachers. They can trade pictures of their models via snail mail or in GIF format. (Guest speaker-Mark D. Simpson, Attorney at Law) Week 9 (week of November 6th): Teams send an invention summary to KIDPROJ. We join on the KIDLINK IRC to discuss the process and inventions. Post-project: The final summaries and GIF's will be added to the KIDLINK Web site. Some inventions may become part of an invention competition in some places. Join us as we create innovations and processes that may change the way we live! Who knows...we may have another Edison here in one of our classes!!! Moderator-Laurie Williams http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Invent ======================================================================= 12. PLATE TECTONICS PROJECT ======================================================================= ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE EARTH'S CRUST AND PLATE TECTONICS PROJECT ============================================================= We are planning a new project for next school year (starting from the end of October 1995). This will be a project about "The Earth's Crust and Plate Tectonics". We will teach this subject in the 10th grade of our school within a framework of Inter-disciplinary subjects. We would like to invite teachers and students from all parts of the world to join us in this study. The program is not set yet but there are few things we would like to see in this program: - this will be an international project with a flexible program. - the program will be bi-lingual (English/Hebrew allowing for Israeli schools to work in Hebrew, while also corresponding on the international scene in English - this will be a year long project - this will be a multi and inter disciplinary study. - the students will collect data and information from people around the globe, mainly people who observe the phenomenon of Plate Tectonics in their daily lives. - telecommunications will be an integral part of this course: the students will use E-Mail, look for information in cyberspace, create their own databases and WWW sites, have distance lessons on IRC. - we will try and have some experts join us and help us understand this subject (geologists, engineers etc). Please let us know if you would join us in this project. Give us as many details as you can (as to the age of your students, timing of study, do you "observe" plate tectonics in your area). We would like to know if you have any ideas for us to use in planning this project. We hope to hear from you soon, Hannah and David Moderators: Hannah Sivan - Email: neuro@bgumail.bgu.ac.il David Lloyd - Email: boker@www1.cc.huji.ac.il ======================================================================= 13. READERS' CORNER PROJECT ======================================================================= **READERS' CORNER PROJECT DESCRIPTION/GOALS** Readers' Corner is a project that was born out of a desire to encourage enjoyment of reading and the discussion of literature in general. There are several ways to participate: 1. By email only: I am maintaining a distribution list, and will post book reports on a regular basis for those who do not have web access. Please let me know if your name needs to be added to the distribution list. 2. By World Wide Web: I am maintaining a home page for Readers' Corner which will include book reports, pointers to other web sites for Children's Literature, other Kidlink project pointers, as well as other information regarding this project. I hope to include a clickable "calendar" whereby teachers/parents/children can post books they are currently working on, or planning to work on in order to find others interested in sharing project ideas, thoughts on the book, etc. 3. By IRC Chat: I would like to plan several IRC book discussions via the Kidlink IRC for those that would like to discuss literature. The goals of this project follow: -To encourage enjoyment of reading. -To encourage communication between children of diverse backgrounds and geographical areas. -To increase comprehension by challenging discussions about the literature being read. -To provide a forum for sharing ideas/projects between adult leaders and students. -To encourage critical thinking through summarizing, analyzing, and reviewing literature for others. -To increase writing skills by the reading and imitation of good literature, and by the written communication of ideas and thoughts between participants. -To encourage organizational skills in students who wish to help administrate this project. *If you have other goals that you think apply and that you would like to meet through this project, email me with how you think we can meet the goal, and we will try to accommodate. At this point, this is a fairly solo effort by myself and my children. If you would like to help, email me at KKOLUCH@cris.com. This project belongs to everyone at Kidlink, and I hope it will mold and shape to fit the participants. I would like to start a book discussion soon. The first book that I propose discussing is, "Lord of the Rings" by Tolkein. This was overwhelmingly suggested by a group of students who met on the IRC in the initial discussions about this project. Please email me if you or your class would like to join us in this venture. Moderator: Kim Koluch Readers' Corner: http://www.cris.com/~kkoluch/readers.shtml ======================================================================= 14. IDENTIFY THE NUT ======================================================================= Moderator agrees with teachers at each site the nut/s which their children are to investigate. Students give one another evidence/clues to help the making of hypotheses about the nuts being studied. The collection of evidence will involve the science process skills of: Observation: sensory Observation: measurement Periodic predictions based on accumulating evidence Knowledge: Location, country of origin Knowledge: Those animals which eat the nut Investigation: calorific value of an agreed sample amount Social factors: foods in which the nut is included (recipes) Sites will collect evidence for all the nuts being studied and complete the project by sharing a table showing that they have predicted which of their number provided the information for each sample. Recipes for the use of the nuts as food will be shared in an end of project party. Project will by led by a teacher at The Richmond Math Science Centre in Richmond Virginia. Project Co-ordinator: Dr. Mano Talaiver http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Nuts ======================================================================= 15. THROUGH OUR EYES ======================================================================= Do your students hate to write descriptive essays? Perhaps having a real purpose and audience would help. Ask your students to choose a place near your community to describe to a global audience. Since our environment shapes our experiences, it becomes an important part of who we are. For example, we live in Laurel, Delaware, USA, not too far from the Atlantic Ocean. We enjoy swimming, surfing, fishing, and walking on the beach. Where do you live? Describe to us your location. The desert? The prairie? The tundra? The city? Share you submissions with everyone (even those not participating by sending them out on the KIDPROJ list which acts as a kind of Bulletin Board enabling everyone to enjoy students efforts even if they are not taking part in the project). We will combine and DTP (Desk Top Publish) them into a hardcopy magazine "Through Our Eyes" and send each participant a copy. Follow these steps to join us in this activity. 1. Students ages 10-15 may participate in "Through Our Eyes." 2. Entries may be submitted in French or Spanish but they should include their English translations. 3. A proposed starting point for "Through Our Eyes" is October, 1995. 4. "Through Our Eyes" will stop accepting articles on March 1, 1996 and will go to print in Mid-April. 5. Each participating class must preregister to participate by sending email to Regina Royer which states teacher's name, participants' ages, email address, complete mailing address including state and/or country and the message "I wish to participate in the "Through Our Eyes" global magazine project." 6. A list of the schools chosen to participate will be posted on KIDPROJ in October and the participating children will be expected to individually enroll in KIDS-96 by sending their answers to the kids four questions on the 'Response' list before beginning their task/s. 7. Participating classes might want to go to the places that they are describing as a mini-field trip in order to gather notes and do prewriting. (Students may wish to also submit a photograph or .gif file of their group 'on location' which could be included in the published magazine) Submitted essays should be a collaborative effort of the group. Final essays should be no more than 500 words and titled with a clear identification of the location. 8. Project will be limited to 25 participants. Registrations will be accepted through November, 1995 and selection will try to make the magazine representative of the global community. Moderator: Regina Royer http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Eyes ======================================================================= 16. VIRTUAL CHINA ======================================================================= Virtual China 1996 ================== A call for participation! For the second consecutive year Hong Kong International School is pleased to present "Virtual China" (the eighth annual 7th grade study tour to China) as a KIDPROJ activity. As you read the following information, we hope that you catch the sense of excitement that all the seventh grade teachers and students at HKIS share as we begin our study of China. One of our primary goals for this unit and the associated travel experience is to have each student "Grow in his/her understanding, appreciation and respect for the Chinese people and culture". Again this year the grade 7 students have two wonderful trips to choose from. 1) A one-week biking trip in rural Southern China, or 2) A week-long trip to Xi'an, home of the famous Terracotta Soldiers. Both trips offer the opportunity to create memories that will last a lifetime. Half of the HKIS 7th graders (approximately 90) will be traveling the week of March 17th through March 23rd, 1996. The other half will travel the week of March 24th through March 30th. Two biking groups and one Xi'an group will be traveling each of the two weeks, so a "Virtual Trip to China" for those following and participating in the activities could last for two weeks. HKIS seventh graders are delighted to be able to share their experiences with "virtual travelers" from around the world. They will be posting their daily writings on KIDPROJ using the subject heading "Virtual China". All three HKIS groups each week will be taking a digital camera and a laptop computer to capture digital images which we hope to post on the World Wide Web after our return. Jim Zahn Technology Coordinator Hong Kong International School (M.S.) #1 Red Hill Road Tai Tam, Hong Kong FAX: 852-2-899-0809 email: jzahn@ms.hkis.edu.hk http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/VChina ======================================================================= 17. WETLANDS REVISITED ======================================================================= Wetlands Revisited ================== Our wetlands project for 1995 was a great success and has now been concluded. We are pleased to announce that our project is being revisited in this year, the year of the Ramsar Convention. We are looking forward to receiving participants from many countries-thank you to the US who were so supportive in 1995. An outline of the project is listed below. Name: Wetlands Revisited This project is to begin on January 23rd 1996 and will finish on 20th June 1996. Purpose/Objective: 1. to provide students with a chance to find out about Wetland environments throughout the world and discover the similarities and the differences that exist. 2. to develop in students some understanding of the conservation issues that are being debated concerning the preservation of wetland environments. 3. to, hopefully, find links between countries and for students to use the internet for meaningful exchange of ideas and information. 4. to develop in students an awareness of the importance of countries' mutual cooperation in establishing treaties such as the Ramsar Convention. Subject Areas: Geography, Environmental Science, English. Suzanne Bourke Melbourne, Australia http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Wetlands ======================================================================= 18. ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE ======================================================================= Antarctic Adventure ===================== 1. Title of the project Antarctic Adventure 2. Purpose The purpose is to share experiences of my life in Antarctica. 3. Topics you think we might cover Most of the topics will be science related, such as Mount Erebus the volcano, the ice desert, and the 24 hour a day sun. Other topics of everyday life, such as garbage disposal, supply good examples of environmentally sound practices. Some topics may be History related, as we can discuss early Antarctic exploration. 4. The format... Sometimes I just ramble on with stories of everyday life in Antarctica, which serve to inspire and learn from the planets past mistakes. Most times I ask some questions to get young mind into gear. Some of the time I do not have the answers, but I do have ideas to share. After a period of time for the kids to ponder the questions and share their answers, I will give my answers. Classrooms should be encouraged to combine their answers to create discussion about the topics and consolidate the list server responses. 5. Time line... The timeline for the project will extend until my stay in McMurdo is finished, which should be about November 1996. At times my work occupies all my waking hours, leaving me little time in my off hours to participate on a day to day basis. Please bear with me through these times, your patience is appreciated. David Hess NK3T dhess@shore.intercom.net Presently living in beautiful downtown McMurdo, Antarctica. http://www.intercom.net/local/weeg/hess.html ======================================================================= 19. WHALES ======================================================================= The 'Whale' Project The Whale project will be a new topic about whales. The participating kids will be able to do lots of fun things, such as, make videos, do posters, write-ups, essays, and plays on Whales. This will provide an opportunity to study one of the biggest creatures on Earth. The moderator, Arnav Manchanda, will cater to every (well, not every) need. We hope this project will be fun and educational. Timeline: 27th February: Project Starts 28th February to 8th March: Discuss Problems of the Whales 9th March to 25 March: Discuss ways to save them, start writing essays on Whales. 26th March to 5th April: Start working on a campaign to save the whales of the kids' choice (i.e: posters, videos, plays, etc...). Continue writing essays. 24 April to 27th April: Send out the essays to KIDPROJ. 28th April to 2nd May: Present what people did as a campaign, and hopefully get the scripts of the plays and videos, posters, etc on the WWW. 3rd May to 6th May: Finish up, present a few awards. Moderator: Arnav Manchanda Age: 11 Sri Lanka E-mail: it628_at_osc@osc.lanka.net http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Whales ======================================================================= 20. LIFE IN THE OCEAN ======================================================================= Hello from Iceland!! We are starting a project on KIDPROJ that we call LIFE IN THE OCEAN. We are teaching 12 years old students in Grandaskoli - Reykjavik. They are working on this subject in biology and we would be happy to get some response from students in different countries and different surroundings. The topics are for example: Your country's fisheries, sea animals, clean or polluted coastlines and pollution in the sea. Bless, Valgeir Gestsson: valli@ismennt.is /// nvalgeir@ismennt.is Ragna Rognvaldsdottir http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Ocean ======================================================================= 21. MIDI MUSIC RELAY ======================================================================= Date: 29.4.96 - 31.12.96 Purpose: Create multicultural midisongs by the usage of computers with sequencer applications. Students will learn to compose and arrange. And the most important part, to listen to other students midisongs and trying to find a continuing theme (part) that will contribute to the already existing bars. Subjects: Music and English Coordinator: Stefan Gustafson Alviksskolan Tranebergsvagen 73 S-161 32 Bromma Sweden phone: +46-8-704 79 00 fax: +46-8-704 79 17 http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Midi ======================================================================= 22. AEROSPACE ======================================================================= We will introduce you to aerospace, technology in Turkey and in the world. Do you think we will be able to find how to enter hyperspace? In this topic we want to talk about the future of human beings. We think that in 3000's humans will be able to live on other planets. Maybe we might forget the place of the EARTH. What do you think about space's longness? Is it forever? We think it is not forever!!!! It should have an end, and of course scientists proved it. Didn't you hear about "The Big Explosion"? Let's discuss this subject. We are waiting your answers!" Binnur Eskisar computer@aci.edu.tr Our school is A.C.I. (American Collegiate Institute) IZMIR, Turkey ====================================================================== 23. KIDLYMPICS ====================================================================== INTERNET KIDLYMPICS 1996 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Introduction: This project is designed to be an interactive one involving students and schools from as many countries as possible. AIMS: To communicate with students around the world via the Internet To participate in a mini-Olympics program called KIDLYMPICS which integrates sport and the Internet based on a universal theme - The Olympic Games To make it possible for most countries to be represented, students who are first to register from their own country will represent that country - Further entries from that country will be allocated a country not already represented once all registrations have been received. As many schools have a variety of holiday and term dates the registration, participation and cataloguing of results could take place over the following time frame to cover all countries and both hemispheres. 1. Registration and events to be entered should be sent in from all schools on or before June 20th, 1996. This allows for research and displays to be organised. 2. Acknowledgement of registrations and country allocations posted through KIDPROJ to be completed by organiser by June 28th. We will try to acknowledge registration as soon as possible. 3. Events to take place at times to suit individual schools in both hemispheres between July 1st and Aug 22nd, 1996. ( As close to the Atlanta Olympic dates as possible would be preferable). 4. All results to be into the organiser via KIDPROJ on or before August 26th, 1996. 5. Awards to be finalised by co-ordinating school and posted to all participants by August 30th, 1996. *** Individual queries can be sent to the following address: Julie Hooper Co-ordinator ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Any persons interested in either participating or helping to run these project should subscribe to the KIDPROJ list by sending a message to the listserv LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU with the following command in the TEXT of your message: SUB KIDPROJ Your-first-name Your-last-name Make sure that the subject line of any KIDPROJ message begins with the project title in capitals followed by a colon and the specific description in lower case, for example: ANTARCTICA: The first sunset of the year ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patti Weeg last updated: May 26, 1996