Pedagogic Activities Form

Objective	Bring excitement and enthusiasm to the learning process; Approach the project work in a multidisciplinary way; Develop the project methodology Develop the ability to research and to solve problems; Stimulate students to create their own information in a creative way; Use the new technologies in a creative way.
General Coordinator	Name	e-mail	Institution
Sandra Reis	sandrareis_crea@hotmail.com	EESC
Local coordinators (if any)	Name	e-mail	Institution



Class of activity	Global proyect: "to build the perfect city"
Final Product
Tasks	PHASE 1-OCTOBER TO DECEMBER In small groups, students research and choose English speaking cities, bearing in mind the objective of the global project "TO BUILD THE PERFECT CITY"; Each group chooses 3 landmarks from the elected cities and keeps it secret from the other groups; The groups research information about those landmarks in libraries, encyclopaedias and internet; Each group organises and studies the selected information and creates no more than 10 clues for each mystery landmark . PHASE 2-JANUARY TO JUNE Weekly a group from the 8th grade posts the clues to boards in the students area (7th, 8th and 9th grades) and teacher's lounge; Each class will have a moderator with the exception of the 8th grade that will have more than one as they are divided into groups; Teachers will have a moderator too; Each group will have a week to try to solve the clues and to e-mail an answer to the organiser of the game ( the group's moderator will e-mail it );---only one guess is allowed; The following week the results are shown in a general board ( if participants draw the selection criteria will be the e-mail date ); At the same time, the organiser of the game will send the clues to participating schools in other countries; These schools will have a week to give the answers to the organiser of the game Every week the winners will be announced PHASE 3-THE TWO LAST WEEKS OF JUNE The game is officially over midnight June 13 and the international or national winner will be announced by 20th June; A list of clues and respective landmarks will be made by the 8th grade and will be post on line in the internet.
Resources	Web pages, encyclopaedia, touristic pamphlets, postcards, maps...
Teams (if needed)	Team	Objective


Curriculum integration	Subjects	Course	School
English	8th grade( 7th and 9th also involved )	EESC

Time planning	From October 2002 to June 2003
Participants
Criterion for Evaluation	Research and material selection abilities; Team work; Creativity; Ability to solve the clues; Capacity to involve the educational community in their work.
References
Comments	This project crosses the curriculum areas allowing students to call on their writing, problem solving, critical thinking, map reading and organisational skills. It also crosses grade levels different cultures and develops students` creativity.

Objective

Bring excitement and enthusiasm to the learning process;
Approach the project work in a multidisciplinary way;
Develop the project methodology
Develop the ability to research and to solve problems;
Stimulate students to create their own information in a creative way;
Use the new technologies in a creative way.

General Coordinator

Name

e-mail

Institution

Sandra Reis

sandrareis_crea@hotmail.com

EESC

Local coordinators (if any)

Name

e-mail

Institution

Class of activity

Global proyect: "to build the perfect city"

Final Product

Tasks

PHASE 1-OCTOBER TO DECEMBER

In small groups, students research and choose English speaking cities, bearing in mind the objective of the global project "TO BUILD THE PERFECT CITY";
Each group chooses 3 landmarks from the elected cities and keeps it secret from the other groups;
The groups research information about those landmarks in libraries, encyclopaedias and internet;
Each group organises and studies the selected information and creates no more than 10 clues for each mystery landmark .

PHASE 2-JANUARY TO JUNE

Weekly a group from the 8th grade posts the clues to boards in the students area (7th, 8th and 9th grades) and teacher's lounge;
Each class will have a moderator with the exception of the 8th grade that will have more than one as they are divided into groups;
Teachers will have a moderator too;
Each group will have a week to try to solve the clues and to e-mail an answer to the organiser of the game ( the group's moderator will e-mail it );---only one guess is allowed;
The following week the results are shown in a general board ( if participants draw the selection criteria will be the e-mail date );
At the same time, the organiser of the game will send the clues to participating schools in other countries;
These schools will have a week to give the answers to the organiser of the game
Every week the winners will be announced

PHASE 3-THE TWO LAST WEEKS OF JUNE

The game is officially over midnight June 13 and the international or national winner will be announced by 20th June;
A list of clues and respective landmarks will be made by the 8th grade and will be post on line in the internet.

Resources

Web pages, encyclopaedia, touristic pamphlets, postcards, maps...

Teams (if needed)

Team

Objective

Curriculum integration

Subjects

Course

School

English

8th grade( 7th and 9th also involved )

EESC

Time planning

From October 2002 to June 2003

Participants

Criterion for Evaluation

Research and material selection abilities;
Team work;
Creativity;
Ability to solve the clues;
Capacity to involve the educational community in their work.

References

Comments

This project crosses the curriculum areas allowing students to call on their writing, problem solving, critical thinking, map reading and organisational skills. It also crosses grade levels different cultures and develops students` creativity.

CREA Project

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