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CommunityNet Content Major Integrated Project Index Pages GraveNet: An integrated CommunityNet project using information found in local cemeteries. The gravenet project includes a database. PondWatch: An integrated project focusing on local ponds, watersheds, and water quality. Students investigate and research a local pond, observe it during the changing seasons, inventory macroinvertebrates present, and test water samples. Students enter their data into a database. SchoolYard Terretour: This integrated project focuses on a terrestrial ecosystem that students select and monitor throughout the year. The project includes a virtual tour of a New England ecosystem. Students are encouraged to send photos, drawings and descriptions of their ecosystems. Historic Buildings: CommunityNet's Historic Building Integrated Project focuses on learning more about local communities through the study of their historic buildings. Historic New England Barns and a virtual barn tour is one component of the project. All lessons are Spanish bilingual. Most lessons contain ESL ideas suggestions and links to supporting research. Other ESL, bilingual, and content area sites are list on our resources page. Content Areas for CommunityNet Social Studies Cranberries: Connecting with local communities April's Gravestone: 1712 - 1789: Activities include: Describing a day in the life, Similarities and diferences, and Making a time line. Resources include: Many links to Revolutionary War, Massachusetts Tribal information, Native Americans during Revolutionary War times, and Maps from the Revolutionary War Schoolhouse history Schoolhouse Introductory Lesson and Activity Oral History - Researching Schools That Parents, Grandparents, and Other Family Members Attended Schoolhouses in the 1700 and 1800's Lessons and Activities History and New England Barns Types of Antique Barns in New England Barn Tour - The Restoration of an Ashby, MA Barn GraveNet - Using cemeteries for historical information GraveNet - A list of symbols commonly found on colonial and 19th century gravestones and their meanings GraveNet - Why would a person in the 1800's be persecuted for wearing a beard? Life of Children in Colonial Times: Games and Activities Changing Communities Immigration Math Finding ages and times of events using gravestones! Estimating weight and density using gravestones! Time Activities: Great links for the Inventors Page! Geometry: Making a quadrant and using it to find the height of buildings and trees. Estimation: Schoolhouse Introductory Lesson Schoolhouse Activities and Lessons: Suggested activities for problem solving. Graphing: Using Research to Graph the Changes in Toys, Technology, Marketing, and Transportation over the Years Analyzing Functional Relationships Science & Technology Penguins - A study of penquins done by first grade students. Project BirdHabitat - Resources for studying the habitats and migration of birds. Los Saltarines de Tortuguero, Costa Rica - We will soon have this available in English. Growing and Harvesting Cranberries (Interdisciplinary project - elementary level, adaptable to other grades) Una Gira de una Finca de Bananos en Costa Rica We will soon have this available in English. PondWatch: An Investigation of Local Ponds Two Online Tours: A New England Pond and a Terrestrial Ecosystem A Terrestrial Ecosystem investigation Forest in a Jar - Plant Growth in Ponds (Succession and the Changing Environment) PondWatch: Monitoring project - Working with Data Aquatic Environments Pond Water Quality PondWatch Resources GraveNet - A study of physical and chemical weathering GraveNet - Physical and chemical weathering Research Activities: Life Improvements because of Technology, Packaging, and Transportation Research Activity:Toys and Games: Raw Materials converted to Finish Products Language Arts Language Arts Resources Historical Novels: Read historical novels to learn more about Changing Communities Life in Colonial America: See resource list at end of page See our Changing Community Authors and Add Your Students' Work to the Page Early American Writings and How to Read Them Literature Selection and Ties 1600 - 1776 Foreign Language Spanish Día de los Muertos - A 6 lesson unit about the celebration of the holiday in Mexico Los Saltarines de Tortuguero, Costa Rica Los Saltarines de Tortuguero, Costa Rica - We will soon have this available in English! Una Gira de una Finca de Bananos en Costa Rica The Don Bosco School in Costa Rica is looking for partnerships. Second Language - Supporting Articles for Ideas in Lessons INTEGRATING LANGUAGE AND CONTENT INSTRUCTION: STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES Language Experience Approach, An Excerpt Arts Symbolism on New England Gravestones Carving in Limestone and Granite Creating with ClarisWorks' Paint Program Sculpting with Tissue Paper and Water Soluble Varnish Community Partnerships Fire Safety and Prevention: A project of Middleborough Public Schools and the Middleborough Fire Department The Don Bosco School in Costa Rica is looking for partnerships.

CommunityNet is a cross-curricula project that can be used in all grade levels. Materials for each content area will be designed to incorporate your existing technology and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks into relevant classroom projects. Meeting the needs of second language learners will be included in each unit. See our on-line course offering "Integrating Technology into the Inquiry Based Classroom" and our workshops.

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