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Students will create a FLAT ME figure of themselves.
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Students will conduct Internet searches and utilize encyclopedias, atlases,
and computer research software to determine information (climate, weather,
population, school and class statistics, location, etc.) about their own
location.
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Students will compile the data about themselves and their environment into
a FLAT ME letter. They request similar information from their data source(s).
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Sudents will collect data and artifacts from around the world by Email
(primary method), mail, fax, phone, or by traveling to share information
face-to-face.
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The collected data will be entered into a class spreadsheet and will become
the data source for numerous math lessons throughout the year.
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Students will bring artifacts/souvenirs they received to class and share
with classmates.
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The artifacts/souvenirs will be photographed with a digital camera to be
included in the class data book.
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Students will transform their FLAT ME figures into magazine covers and
posters advertising the places that they have "visited."
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Students will create original word problems using their FLAT ME data
and information.
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Students will create a variety of data graphs using selected data sets
from the collected data.
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Students will share career information they received.
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The magazine covers, posters, data samples, lesson activities, and artifact
photos will be organized and bound into a ring binder entitled
FLAT
ME: Our Travels Around the World.
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A smaller collection of the project materials will be bound into a hardcover
display book using bookbinding materials.
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