LIBR 500 99A

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Travelling Around the World

• LIBR 500 99A
• Foundations of Information Technology
• Barbara Heard
• barbaraheard_at_yahoo.com

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Year Two Geography

• Part of the Year Two curriculum is to learn
  about other countries and places.
• Six year olds need to be able to make concrete
  connections. This project examines various
  countries while creating a sense of personal
  involvement for the children.

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Pace

• Due to the nature of receiving information from
  different locations this unit may vary in pace.
• Some students may not be able to send their flat
  image to other places. These students can have
  their flat image travel with family and friends.
  
• If this proves to be a problem they can use
  information from other students.

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Learning Objectives

• Students will be able to
• recognise a reasonable number of places on a map
  or big atlas
• understand some of the human and physical
  features connected to these places
• realise that a variety of types of transport can
  be used to visit places and that some types are
  more suitable than others
• understand that a variety of weather conditions
  exist around the world

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Students feel involved

• Students made life sized copies of themselves
  which were mailed to relatives.
• As the flat people travelled to different
  friends and relatives connected to the student,
  post cards, emails and photos were sent back to
  the student.
• These were shared with the class.
• A large bulleting board displayed where the Flat
  People had visited as well as the postcards,
  photos and emails that had been sent.

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Here we are ready for our travels!
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Excitement

• The students were very excited as the mail
  started to arrive.
• Letters
• Emails
• Postcards
• Photo
• We looked forward to the post everyday!

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We only stay at the best places!
LONDON
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Kaiah is chatting to a police man in London at
the beginning of the Tour De France
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Having a rest in an outside café in Krakow
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Off to the South of France
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Other places we visited
Austria
Narrow boats England
Texas USA
Edinburgh Zoo
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We went to visit other schools!
Surrey, B.C. Canada
Egerton, England
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Postcards were sent to the students. Many showed
a Great sense of humour!
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Just some of the places our flat people travelled
to
Vancouver
Brighton
Toronto
St.Louis
French Riviera
Indonesia
London
Australia
Sri Lanka
Edinburgh
Grimscote
Belgium
Wales
Boston
Edmonton
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• Were the learning objectives met?
• Recognise a reasonable number of places on a map
  or big atlas.
• Students eagerly found the places on the map
  where their emails and cards
• had been sent from.
• Students recognised places in movies that their
  flat people had visited.
• Students showed their parents the bulleting board
  displaying the world map.
• Understand some of the human and physical
  features connected to these places.
• Students observed the photos and postcards and
  commented on various features.
• Comments were made about the buildings.
• Comments were made on the transport used in the
  area.
• Realise that a variety of types of transport can
  be used to visit places and
• that some types are more suitable than others.
• There were many discussions on how the flat
  people would have travelled to their
• destinations.
• Understand that a variety of weather conditions
  exist around the world.

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Thank you to everyone involved in the Flat Person
Project Parents Grandparents Aunts and
Uncles Cousins Friends Strangers at Airports Due
to your enthusiasm Year Two Students really
enjoyed learning about our world. Barbara Heard