Trip to the USA and Exhibition

October 1st to 17th

People involved:

44 students (9th grade) + 4 teachers (EFL, History, Physics, Natural Sciences) + teachers and stds from American Schools

During the trip the Brazilian students and teachers meet some of the American students/teachers they have been corresponding with and spend a morning at an American school (Lowell). One group takes notes and write a log book recording, while others take photographs, collect material and information to fill in questionnaires about the different places visited.

Technology:

School Digital Mavica

Students'and teachers' video cameras

Kinko's and cyber cafes along the way

December 1998 - June 1999

Products:

• see website - USAConnection
• Photograph/Work exhibition in School Library for parents and other students showing posters on themes:
  Nature (Sea World, Yosemite, Monterey Aquarium), Urbanization (San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, )
  Culture (comparing and contrasting cultural differences, Indians in Arizona, population in California),
  Geology (Sedona, The Grand Canyon, the deserts),
  EFL ( language in everyday context, letters exchanged and comments on trip)
  
• CDRom with photographs/work during the trip
• Film of the trip

Evaluation:

• presentation posters and work done during the trip
• feedback from parents/students/teachers
• article in school newspaper (in French)