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The
Reptile Atrium Project
An international email exchange of information about lizard
species across the world, this project is designed to foster
understanding of different cultures and their fauna.Reptile
information from different countries will be displayed on
a dedicated page on the Reptile Atrium Project web site.
For more
information visit the project
website or the Animal
Forum
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The
Great Apes Project
An
online collaborative project for children of the world to discuss
issues and raise awareness of the plight of the great apes through
online activities, research projects, action projects and creative
exchanges of art and other materials between participating schools
For more
information visit the project
web site
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Breaking
the Silence
Social, religious
and cultural issues heavily impact how disease is viewed and
combatted in global communities. In this project students can
have discussions around the prevention of infectious diseases
through vaccination and preventative behaviours.
Student privacy will be protected if requested. The project
provides a venue where victims of disease can share their stories
anonymously and gain support from the wider global community.
For more information visit the project
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Kindred
Students are asked to interview members of
their immediate family, extended family, neighbours or friends
in the local community. They should ask them about experiences
in their life that have been affected by the events of world
or local history. Events may include war, natural disaster,
migration, important discoveries, monuments, famous places
and so on. Students should focus on the impact on the family.
For more
information visit the project
web site
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Year
1945 Project
This project asks students to investigate an aspect of life
in 1945 in their country.They are to act as a newspaper reporter
and write in the first person as though they are there at the
time. Ideas for topics could include any natural disasters,
scientific breakthroughs, fashion changes or post war reconstruction
that occurred in 1945 for example.
For more information visit the project
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The
Child Labour Project
The project continues to bring together young people in research
on and discussion of issues relating to children's rights
and the burdens carried by many millions of children through
excessive
and harmful labour. The project provides the potential for
young people to adopt action agendas to assist in the abolition
of the worst forms of child labour and to provide educational
opportunities for children around the globe. Young people
are encouraged to contribute, in whatever form they choose,
in reporting on the
situation in their country or their nation's attitude to child
labour issues.
For more
information visit the project
web site
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The
First Peoples' Project
Do you have indigenous students in your class?
This project allows indigenous students around the world to
share their art and writing. Each year students produce art
work and writing on a specified theme. The theme for the 2006
-2007 exchange is Traditional Stories.
For more
information visit the project
web site
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Christmas
Card Exchange
Teachers and students prepare an envelope with Christmas cards
to send to the other participants prior to Christmas. Each
school will be placed in a group with approximately seven
other schools and will prepare either handmade or purchased
cards (decorations
may be included) to send to each of the other schools.
For more
information contact the project
coordinator
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For more information about iEARN projects or to join iEARN
Australia, contact iEARN
Australia
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