Showing posts with label New7Wonders of the World. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New7Wonders of the World. Show all posts
Apr 8, 2011
The Centro Educativo Piaget in Merida, Mexico Students at Centro Educativo
Piaget, a constructivist school on the Yucatan Peninsula (where New7Wonders candidate Chichén Itzá is located), have created a video to educate children, parents and teachers in the school on the New7Wonders project and highlight information about Chichén Itzá.
More than 1,000 students from the Centro Educativo Piaget voted individually for their favorite candidates. In the computing classroom, students were guided on the way to register and students who had previously not had an email address created one. Students under third grade were invited to vote at home with their parental supervision.
Perth Amboy Public Schools, New Jersey, USA
The class of Mr. Heidelberg in the Perth Amboy Public Schools, New Jersey, USA, is working on a New 7 Wonders Project that stresses researching and persuasive writing skills. There are several links on the site featuring helpful Resources that were developed for this project. Take a look
De Tweemaster School in Nieuwleusen, Holland
Krista van der Perk's eleven-year-old students in class 7 at the De Tweemaster School did some great work making models of their favorite New7Wonders candidates.
Project day at Henley Middle School, Albemarle County, Virgina, USA
Ms. Dusci's 8th grade honors English students have created persuasive vodcasts on their favorite candidates for the New 7 Wonders of the World. Click here and scroll down after the candidate boxes to listen to the students vodcast projects. In addition, the students encouraged voting with their school code on Expo Night.
Project day at Hart-Ransom School, Modesto, California, USA
When Sara Martin, a Computer Literature teacher at Hart-Ransom School, discovered the New7Wonders Project she decided it would be a great chance for students to create web sites highlighting their choices for the New7Wonders! See the wonderful work students have completed
Mar 30, 2011
Project day at Gymnasia #2, Orenburg, Russia
Anastasia Dmitrievna Yulusova's 6th grade students studied and researched the ancient world wonders, as well as the current New7Wonders candidates. Students then created posters and models of the site and created a PowerPoint presentation about The Kremlin and Red Square, an Official New7Wonders of The World Finalist.
Project day at Centro de Padres, Colegio Huelquen Montessori, Santiago de Chile
Thirteen classrooms at the school worked together to represent Chilean heritage in a work of art and created a giant puzzle of the Moai, the Statues of Easter Island that are still an Official New7Wonders of the World Finalist.
Project day at Aqaba International School, Aqaba, Jordan
Located along the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea and just a two hour drive to PETRA, Aqaba and its students were excited about having a local candidate for the New7Wonders of the World.
That year students in several of the Social Studies and Geography classes at Aqaba International School had painted delightful VOTE FOR PETRA posters. Students wanted to share their enthusiasm for Petra with the New7Wonders website.
Mar 28, 2011
Project day at the Building Assembling Industrial School, Romania
The idea of launching this project came up after the teacher Ms. Nicolici discovered the New7Wonders web site and decided it would be a great way to for her students to learn how to promote a campaign. “This project had a great impact on students and teachers in our school who agreed to take part in it and reach the proposed goals." Take a look at their work!
Project day at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Jefferson City, MO, USA
TJMS was the SCHOOL CHAMPION of the New7Wonders of the World campaign in 2007! Students worked on a quilt project and spread the word about the New7Wonders throughout the community to drive votes.
Project day at Middle Gate School, Newtown, CT, USA
Fourth graders throughout Middle Gate School researched and created "commercials" based on the New7Wonders project. Take a look at their creations.
Project day at Bilfen Schools, Istanbul, Turkey
Ten- to 15-year-old students from several classes at the Bilfen Schools in Istanbul, Turkey, created PowerPoint presentations about the Hagia Sophia after reviewing the information about all of the 21 finalists on the New7Wonders web site.
Mar 23, 2011
Project Day at Clayton Middle School, Clayton, NC, USA
The Global Connections elective class at Clayton Middle School conducted a school-wide vote for the top New7Wonders. Each students became a campaign manager for a specific candidate and researched their site, as well as the country it is located in. See below to learn more about their presentations.
Each of the "campaign managers" created campaign posters, PowerPoint presentations, board games, and models of their candidates. They cast a school-wide vote lasting 7 days. Voting was done in school, as well as online. The students tallied votes and won prizes if their candidate made it to the top 7. The votes were counted and over 1700 votes were cast. The 50 staff members and 800 students were very excited. The school is very proud to be part of history.
Each of the "campaign managers" created campaign posters, PowerPoint presentations, board games, and models of their candidates. They cast a school-wide vote lasting 7 days. Voting was done in school, as well as online. The students tallied votes and won prizes if their candidate made it to the top 7. The votes were counted and over 1700 votes were cast. The 50 staff members and 800 students were very excited. The school is very proud to be part of history.
Feb 18, 2011
New7Wonders Official Screensaver
Download here the New7Wonders Official Screensaver, which pinpoints exactly where on the planet each of The Official New 7 Wonders of the World and all the finalists candidates are located, as well as provides facts about the history of each site.
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| The screensaver was created and designed by New7Wonders Member Egor Chernyshev from Yekaterinburg, Russia. |
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