Water Pollution in Brazil and California:
A Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Study
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It's important to consider that in Brazil the school holidays are from middle December until 2nd week of February and in July. In American the school holiday is from mid June until the end of August. The American school and the Brazilian school have begun their project in October 1997 (Phase I). That will continue in November (Phase II)1997 The American School will begin their Jason Project research in January, 1998 The actually Water Pollution project will begin in March, 1998 until September of 1998 . The American Students will end the major part of their research and multimedia projects in June, 1998 due to their summer holiday.
1997
On line self-introduction
for students ; planning the mutual project between the teachers the both
countries online via the Internet and email;
Establish the necessary
and available equipment ( hardware and software)for electronic communication
and multimedia production.
November until middle of December:
Introduce students
to water theme;
Explore what the students know and what they want to know about water
Why is water important to us?
What if we had no water?
What images (pictures) of water have impressed you?
paintings
photographs
poetry
Cycles ( water, seasons, etc....)
Personal stories about their involvement with water
Begin determining
evaluation criteria for student projects
First meeting of
teachers in Israel.
ASTL Workshop to learn about Project Based Learning
Collaboration between teachers to refine project plans
Middle
Brazilian teachers'
holidays
American Winter
break (2 weeks) American students will be working on other related projects.
1998
Teachers the both
countries plan the activities with research in
American Students
participate in Jason Project Research
March-April:
Students will classify
the projects and begin developing them.
Students will begin to think of water as an object
How, where and in what ways have artists represented our water in the past and present (what is the difference) and how might artist represent water in the future
Example: Romantic vision is different than reality.
SCIENCE/MATH
3 stages of matter
Data collection on kinds of water pollution
Organisms
Nitrates
Turbidity
Dissolved Oxygen
SOCIAL STUDIES
Social/political context of water in society and the relationship of that to art and science
Where is is water coming from, how does it get to us...
Types of water systems (rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, seas, oceans, bays...)
How we get our water...plumbing (pipes), wells, from rivers, lakes, Pumps,
Which are our articles that working with the element of water
Trash
Satellite images
What were our rivers, lakes, and sea like in the past?
What has caused floods at different times in history?
Nature and Man made
Which are natural, and which are because of man?
Is there a difference in the effect?
How does water support the flora and fauna of a region
How is this different in different region?
How do changes in the water affect the flora and fauna?
Geography/Cartography
Creation of Internet based time progression overlay maps of the Brazil water basin and the San Jose/Bay Area over time.
Both Edenvale and
Idalina students will begin their research about
Edenvale students
will begin National Geographic Society Kids Network
Water Research
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
May-June:
Study about the
actual artists; laboratory work;
Compare the data
with partners
Establish the consequence
of the water to community. Interviews.
Mid June through
the end of August: American holidays
August-September:
Look for solutions
to problems .
Evaluation of the
students, teachers and mentors
