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|
Title
|
Subject
|
Grade Level
|
Web Component
|
| What's
Significant in Today's Notes from the Trail? |
LA
|
4-6
|
Notes from the Trail
|
| Investigate
a New Word from Notes from the Trail. |
LA
|
4-6
|
Notes from the Trail
|
| From
A Different Perspective |
LA
|
6-8
|
Notes from the Trail
|
| Graph
and Compare the Adventure's Temperature Vs. Local Temperature |
M, S
|
4-6
|
Trip Tracker
|
| Debate
the Daily Dilemma |
LA
|
3-6
|
Daily Dilemma
|
| Pod Cast
Responses |
LA, S
|
3-7
|
Pod Cast
|
| Record
or Perform Your Own Pod Cast |
LA, S
|
3-7
|
Pod Cast
|
| How
far did they go? |
M, S
|
5-7
|
Trip Tracker
|
| Critter
Encounter Chart |
M, S
|
3-5
|
Trip Tracker, Notes, Animals, Pod Cast
|
| Attend a
Chat Session |
LA
|
3-8
|
Chat Room
|
| Rainforest
Resources |
LA, S
|
3-7
|
N/A
|
| Problem
Solving with the Wilderness Classroom |
M
|
3-8
|
N/A
|
| Publish
Your Daily Dilemma Results |
LA
|
4-8
|
Daily Dilemma
|
| Explain
Your Vote! |
LA
|
3-8
|
Cast YOUR Vote!
|
| Solve
the Mystery Photo |
S, LA
|
3-7
|
Mystery Photos
|
| Learning
from the Video Clips |
LA
|
3-8
|
Video Clips
|
| Cultural
Comparison |
SS
|
5-7
|
Cultural Connections
|
| Amazonian
Travel Brochure |
SS, S, LA
|
5-7
|
Cultural Connections
|
| Cultural
Connections: The Newspaper Article |
LA
|
3-6
|
Cultural Connections
|
| My Own
Cultural Traditions |
LA
|
3-6
|
Cultural Connections
|
| Make a
Rain Stick |
SS
|
3-5
|
N/A
|
| Write
Your Own Cultural Connections |
LA
|
3-6
|
Cultural Connections
|
| Change
of Perspective |
LA, SS
|
4-7
|
Cultural Connections
|
| Reading
for Meaning |
LA, SS
|
4
|
Cultural Connections
|
| Reading
for Meaning |
LA, SS
|
5-6
|
Cultural Connections
|
| Student
Response Worksheets |
LA
|
3-8
|
Student Response Worksheets
|
| Create
A New Animal |
S
|
3-5
|
N/A
|
| Create
a Critter Collage |
S
|
3-5
|
N/A
|
| Bird
Feeding and Migration Observation |
S,M
|
3-7
|
N/A
|
| Antonym
Comparison of Animals and Me |
LA
|
3-5
|
N/A
|
| Critters
in Your Own Backyard |
S
|
3-5
|
Animals of the Amazon
|
| Amazon
Food Chain |
S
|
4-7
|
Animals of the Amazon
|
| Using
the Discovery Logs |
LA, S
|
3-8
|
Trip Tracker, Notes, Animals, Pod Cast
|