Projects+by+Grade+Level

__ Kindergarten __


 * [|The Gingerbread Man Goes Global] - Holidays Around the World
 * Students will learn bout how other cultures celebrate the holidays. During the month of December the Gingerbread Man will visit other classrooms. Student will engage in literature, activities and project ts during this nine day lesson. Indluced in this project are letters that the Gingerbread Man wrote as he visits different countries.

__ First Grade __

 * [|Landforms Around the Country and Globe]
 * Students will learn about the characteristics of different landforms and find locations around the globe that demonstrate that landform. The students will write a friendly letter on a postcard template to someone their family knows who lives in another part of the country/globe. The students will teach that person about a landform of their choice, and also ask their friendly letter recipient about the nearby landforms around where they live. Upon receiving a friendly letter response, the teacher and student will record and locate the landforms on a map.
 * [|Rubric for Friendly Letters and Landform Project]

__Second Grade__ __Third Grade__ __Fourth Grade__ __Fifth Grade__
 * [|Weather and Seasons]
 * Students will communicate with ePals about weather. They will record weather conditions and compare and contrast conditions near their home and their epal's home. Students will describe and discuss how weather affects daily life
 * People in Communities - People Move from Place to Place - Goods and Resources
 * aPartners and Community Connections: The country/region that is your epal will share what goods and resources they use throughout the year. Which resources are renewable and which are natural. Ask about what goods are exported or imported.
 * [|Blogging with “Experts” Across the Regions of United States]
 * Students will have the opportunity to blog with an "expert" from each region of the United Stated via a classroom blog. When studying the Northeast Region we will look for contacts such as a cranberry bog farmer, Chesapeake Bay fisherman, or a Niagara Falls ranger.
 * [|Fresh Water Service project] related to the Social Science or Science Curriculum
 * Project: Global Service Project - Sponsoring a fresh water project in a developing nation via [|www.globalwater.org]