>Can I come to visit?

Can I come to visit?

Summary

This is a Geography based project that helps students understand where in the world they live, where others live and how we travel to meet our friends and in this instance our partners in schools around the world. It was once said that if you travel the world and meet people you can never be a bigot nor a racist - that quote needs extending to say "you will simply make very many new friends"

Age range: 10 - 14
Language: English
Owner: eLanguages Team

Project stage: In progress
Last update: 16 years ago

This where I am

In this first stage students explore how you get to five different places. 1) in your local area 2) in your village, town or city 3) in your region or county 4) in your country 5) abroad - probably your partner school Students can research the best way to get to each place - walking, cycling, road transport, ship, flight and so on Draw up a comparison chart (maybe using EXCEL) that shows the journey, the mode of transport and the time/distance. Using the five for differentiation in teaching and learning has proved a success

How I came to visit

In this second stage students have arrived at the partner school and have to explain how they got there - how they traveled, how long it took, what they saw, who they may have met. This can be done as a presentation using text, photos collected from different sources about places on the route, aerial photos (Google Earth and Multimap, downloaded videos.....

Can we meet somewhere?

Stage 3 Students arrange to meet somewhere outside each other's country and to visit a place or places of interest. They plan together where, how they will travel, the time it will take and therefore when to set off so that each arrives at the same time.