Interdisciplinary Project
for Team 7-2
Coyotes

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PROJECT TITLE: Survey Project and Biographical Book Reports.

PROJECT DATES: 22 September - 18 December 1999.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES: The learner provided a word-processed book report, bibliography, and book cover after reading a biography or autobiography on a famous scientist or mathematician, especially emphasizing the contributions of women and individuals from other cultures. The learner participated in the conduct of a survey gathering, collating, and publishing relevant survey data.

DISCIPLINE INVOLVEMENT:

• LANGUAGE ARTS: The learner was introduced to library research techniques, creation of a bibliography, biographies and autobiographies, the contributions of women and other cultures, the use of technology, and the application of the writing process.
  Technological contribution: Word processing of the biographical abstracts. (Claris Works)



• MATHEMATICS: Using survey questions generated by the language arts and history/social science teachers, the learner conducted, collated and presented accumulated survey data in chart and/or computerized form. The data was also shared with two other middle schools, one in Illinois and the other in South Carolina. A web page was created to display comparison data and conversations of the students.
  
  Technological contribution: Claris Works spreadsheets to enter data and charts to display the data as well as the web page as noted above.



• SCIENCE: The learner was introduced to the contributions to science made throughout history and the roles of women and other cultures to the use and application of science.



• SOCIAL SCIENCE: The learner was introduced to the contributions of other cultures and times throughout history to the field of mathematics and science, and how these various contributions formed building blocks for further advancements.



• RSP: Support was provided both RSP and general education students in in the research, selection, reading, writing, and word-processing of completed reports.



• TECHNOLOGY: The libary was used for three days during the research process, the internet was used during the research process, and the Macintosh computer lab was used for three days during the writing process. The mathematics teachers used the Macintosh computer classroom and the Macintosh computer lab to use create the bar graphs. The web page of the data from the three schools was posted and another web page was posted displaying selected, scanned book report covers and summaries of the biographical book reports.

SUBMITTED BY:

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R. Hartwell, Language Arts		S. Alejandre, Mathematics
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L. Dunbar, Mathematics		L. Hernandez, RSP
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W. Cherpin, Science		C. Sawyer, Social Science

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