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Travel with our adventure team - from the comfort of your own classroom - and interact with students who live in the Amazon! This school year, watch your classroom come alive as your students travel with our adventure team to the Amazon Rain Forest! Our team of educators will send you regular electronic content and your students will interact with K-12 students who live in the Amazon. Along the way, you will seamlessly integrate technology, art, music and global education into your curriculum. Open to all K-12 classes/schools. “Thanks for opening a whole new world - and bringing the sights and sounds of the Amazon Rain Forest - to my students!” Third grade teacher, Jefferson Elementary School, Yorktown Heights, NYREGISTRATION Registration is open NOW for our Amazon Rain Forest School Project. The registration deadline is February 15, 2011; but, the program will only be available to the first 100 registering schools. Register early to ensure your participation and to allow time to prepare for project exchanges. PARTICIPATION LEVELS, BENEFITS AND FEES Use the table below to determine which participation level best matches your class/school's needs.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
PROGRAM TIMETABLE The Amazon Rain Forest School (ARFS) Project will take place between February 21st and April 15th, 2011. Teachers who are not completing their Amazon study during the program dates may save program content for future use. ONEWORLD CLASSROOMS' TRAVELING TEAM OF EDUCATORS The program coincides with OneWorld Classrooms staff and volunteers traveling to visit Amazon Rain Forest schools in March, 2011. The traveling team of educators includes: OneWorld Classrooms Director, resident poet and educator, Paul Hurteau (who lived and taught in the Ecuadorian Amazon for one year and has since traveled to the region to visit schools ten times); Lilia Cai-Hurteau (who also lived and taught in the Amazon Rain Forest) and 10 other teachers, volunteers and students. Paul will lead volunteers on trips to nearby Amazon schools around Puyo, Ecuador. Nearby Peace Corps and WorldTeach volunteers stationed at Amazon communities will coordinate with Paul to involve their schools. PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES For more detailed information, visit our participation guidelines. CONTACT US If you require support or have questions at any point during the program period, please send an E-mail to paul@oneworldclassrooms.org.
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