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=Trip around the World=
 * OVERVIEW:** You are about to embark on a virtual trip around the world as a member of a research team to investigate different countries and report your findings as presentations to the rest of your class. Your specific role will change with each country you visit.

The TASK
The GAIA Foundation* Promoting a Balance Between People and Nature 6230 Avenue of the Americas, Washington D.C., 10235
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Dear Member: Congratulations on your recent appointment to one of The GAIA Foundation research teams. This letter will introduce the project to you and the problems each of you will face as you strive to accomplish your research. As you are aware, the GAIA Foundation is a multinational corporation with an interest in research and development of nations throughout the world. We are interested in promoting the well being of our planet through international education and assistance. We are going to select five nations that exhibit global consciousness and responsibility. Your TASK, along with your team members, is to investigate each nation chosen by your team. Each of you will be responsible for one area of expertise and will gather data in your area for each country you explore. Your role will rotate as you travel to each country. You will be responsible for reporting your findings as a group to the General Assembly on a regular basis and for keeping a record of your research and reports for future use. After the research is completed, the General Assembly, of which each of you is a member, will be responsible for choosing the nations and allocating the funding for each of those nations according to the criteria which will be set by the General Assembly before your first mission. We at the Foundation look forward to working with each of you on this project. Please take a moment to peruse each field of study from the list below for an explanation of your responsibilities.

the nation compete for (Olympic games style) the allocation || Have the students research what the carbon emissions are for each country and find the measures of central tendency || Research agriculture practices || Research gatherer and organizer of information || Pick your country and become experts on them and have a panel discussion || Make your presentation in the form of a news broadcast. Live remotes to each location: green screen effects, full costumes, etc. || for each nation based on their culture || Compare bar graphs based on countries' resources || Possible plant growing activities || Research techniques (Big 6 Skills) || Become experts on the government of that country and discover why it was selected || Google Earth || and poverty level || Climates and weather patterns || Research information Write report || Trip around off-beat parts of world. Group each one in different region or time. ||  || assorted graphs -- bar, circle, line || Biomes || Research paper ||  ||   || time and rate of change || Foods || Research and presentation ||  ||   || and population dynamics || Choose a nation and research, then write a report ||  ||   || Back to Content Ideas
 * = ==Engineering== ||= ==Math== ||= ==Science== ||= ==Language Arts== ||= ==Social Studies== ||= ==Library Media/Technology== ||
 * Have each member of
 * Create a sporting event
 * || Graph literacy rate
 * || Data collection
 * || Line graphs over
 * || Slope || Compare habitat
 * || Statistics ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * || Cost of "being green" ||  ||   ||   ||   ||