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Author Email: Lynda Smith <ljsmith@wcpss.net>
Project Information
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Project Title: The Tooth Tally Project
Project Begin & End Dates: 2/01/00 to 4/28/00
Project Summary:
First grade students and teachers will use email to collect and exchange
data about something
most first graders have in common: Lost teeth! They'll use this data to
create graphs
and charts, solve math problems, and write stories. Each class in the
project will be
assigned to a group and will correspond with the other first grade classes
in their group.
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Project Details
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Project Level: Basic
Curriculum Area: Health and Physical Education, History and Social Studies,
Information Technology
Technologies Used: Email
Full Project Description:
Each first grade class will be assigned to a group when they join the
project. The teacher will write
an email message introducing his/her class and send this message to each
class in
the group. The number of classes per group will depend on the number of
registrations received, but will probably be 6 or 7 classes.
The teacher will assist the students in keeping an official count of how
many teeth
are lost. By posting these numbers on a bulletin board graph in the
classroom
the class can practice graphing skills daily (or weekly). This data can be
used to do
math problems involving teeth as well as providing a springboard for
writing.
Examples of problems and stories will be shared among the teachers in the
groups.
Once a month each teacher will send an email message to the other classes
in the
group stating the official number of lost teeth that month.
Complete directions are on the project website.
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Project Registration Information
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Project Email Address: ljsmith@wcpss.net
Registration Acceptance Dates: 1/12/00 to 1/30/00
Number of Classrooms: open
Age Range: 5 to 7 years
Target Audience: Anyone
Project URL: http://schools.wcpss.net/Wilburn/tooth00.html
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Project Contact Information
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Lynda Smith - mailto:ljsmith@wcpss.net
Technology Coordinator - Wilburn Elementary School
http://www.wcpss.net/Wilburn/index.htm
Raleigh, North Carolina
US