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OneWorld Classrooms is a nonprofit organization that builds bridges of learning between the classrooms of
the world. We offer FREE online travel and a variety of opportunities for K-12 classrooms to interact with overseas partners. WELCOME!

K-12 International Art Exchange
Amazon Rain Forest School Project
Student to Student Language Lab
FREE Travel and Learn Online Content

“OneWorld Classrooms* has changed
the way I teach… and enabled my
students to travel to the world without leaving the classroom!” MORE TEACHER TESTIMONIALS

*Formerly the Creative Connections Project.

The mission of OneWorld Classrooms is to build bridges between local and international K-12 classrooms through technology and the arts. In both school and OST settings, we aim to promote global education, foster cross-cultural awareness and cultivate local and global citizenship. READ THE REST OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT

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AMAZON RAIN FOREST SCHOOL PROJECT

TRAVEL ELECTRONICALLY & INTERACT WITH STUDENTS IN THE AMAZON!

This school year, watch your curriculum come ALIVE as your students travel electronically with our team to the Amazon Rain Forest and interact with students who live there! The project is aligned with EdStep's Global Competence Matrix* (see below) and includes curriculum connections in Science, Technology, Social Studies, Math, Language Arts/Poetry, Art, Music and Spanish.

 

Registration for the 2011/2012 program is NOW OPEN for all K-12 classes/teams/ schools! Please see below for information.

 

(For information about physically traveling to the Amazon as a volunteer, please click here or download a printable flier here. )

 

TRAVEL ELECTRONICALLY & INTERACT WITH STUDENTS IN THE AMAZON!

 

The OWC Amazon Rain Forest School Project team crosses a river in the Ecuadorian Amazon in 2011.
Our team crosses a river in the Amazon to visit a school.

PROGRAM TIMETABLE

This year, the Amazon Rain Forest School (ARFS) Project will take place from February 1st - March 30th, 2012. Teachers who are not completing their Amazon study during the program dates may save program content for future use.

 

REGISTRATION

Registration is open NOW through January 15th, 2012. Please register early to ensure your participation and to allow time to prepare for project exchanges.

TRAVEL ELECTRONICALLY & INTERACT WITH STUDENTS IN THE AMAZON!

 

PARTICIPATION OPTIONS AND FEES

Use the table below to determine which participation level best matches your class/team/school's needs.

Participation Level

What You Get

Fees

 

Level 1 - Forest Floor

(Electronic Travel)

  • Google Earth Tours that explore the Amazon, trace our team's journey and feature photos, student artwork, activity suggestions and fun facts
  • Field Trip to the Amazon video slide show hosted by Amazon students (for classroom, assembly or presentation use)
  • Amazon Adventure Team Blog - photos, stories and curriculum-based content sent from our adventure team of educators as they travel to the Amazon
  • Travel & Learn Online Content (The Amazon River Elementary School  Web Site; the ARFS Project Classroom Package for teachers; and more!)
  • Rain Forest Activities, Lesson Ideas and Resources
  • Videos and PowerPoints contributed by Amazon schools in previous years, including PowerPoints featuring artwork by Amazon students
  • Amazin’ Amazon Mystery Animals poetry safari contest, with an opportunity to win authentic Amazon crafts

 

  • $100/class
  • $200/team of classes (up to 5 classes)
  • $300/school

 

Level 2 - Understory

(Curriculum Exploration with Amazon Peers)

  • Forest Floor benefits, plus:
  • Curriculum Exploration with Amazon Peers and Experts (you submit your students' specific, curriculum-based questions and our team of traveling educators consults with and records Amazon students and experts, then sends back multimedia answers)
  • $200/class
  • $300/team of classes (up to 5 classes)
  • $400/school

 

Level 3 - Canopy

(Taking Local and Global Action)

  • Understory benefits, plus:
  • Video Exchange with Amazon schools (US and Amazon classrooms share videos expressing their concerns about their environments, challenging each other to take action and documenting the actions they take in their communities that have a positive impact on their environment)
  • Optional Art Exchange - We will mail you 3-5 pieces of Amazon student art focusing on the theme, ' Why the Amazon Rain Forest is Important to Me.' You may optionally mail your students' artwork focusing on the same theme for distribution at Amazon schools.
  • $300/class
  • $400/team of classes (up to 5 classes)
  • $500/school

 

Level 4 - Emergent Layer

(Skype)

  • Canopy benefits, plus:
  • Your choice of Skype sessions with:
  • Students and teachers in the Amazon Rain Forest
  • OneWorld Classrooms Adventure Team Leader, Paul Hurteau (who lived and taught in the Amazon Rain Forest and has traveled there 11 times in the past 16 years)
  • Experts on the Amazon Rain Forest including indigenous leaders, indigenous crafts makers, scientists and more.

 

  • $400/class
  • $500/team of classes (up to 5 classes)
  • $600/school

TRAVEL ELECTRONICALLY & INTERACT WITH STUDENTS IN THE AMAZON!

OneWorld Classrooms volunteers with students at the Puyopungo Elementary School.

“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, NY

 

GLOBAL COMPETENCE MATRIX

This year, the four program options are aligned with EdStep's Global Competence Matrix (GEM), as follows (see chart above for details and fees):

Level 1/Forest Floor - Electronic travel [GEM skill - Investigating the World]

Level 2/Understory - Exploring the curriculum with Amazon peers and experts [GEM skill - Recognizing Perspectives]

Level 3/Canopy - Teaming up with Amazon students to make a global difference [GEM skill - Taking Action].

Level 4/Emergent Layer - Skyping with Amazon students and Amazon experts [GEM skill - Communicating Ideas]

 

ONEWORLD CLASSROOMS' TRAVELING TEAM OF EDUCATORS

The program coincides with OneWorld Classrooms staff and volunteers traveling to visit Amazon Rain Forest schools in February and March, 2012. 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 eleven times); muralist and art teacher, Liza Mills, who has organized school murals at her school in NY and partner schools in Ecuador and Belize; former Peace Corps volunteers who taught in Amazon schools, Lindsay Walker and Lydia Montes; videographer Ian Bennett; and 10 other teachers, volunteers and students. Paul will lead volunteers on trips to Amazon schools near Puyo and Tena, Ecuador.

 

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.

 

HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR 2010/2011 TRIP

Visit our YouTube Channel to see videos of the 2010/2011 trip! For information about traveling to the Amazon as a volunteer, please click here.

 

TRAVEL THE WORLD FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN CLASSROOM!

 

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