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Ancient Southwest Briefing

February 4-11, 2002

Let’s Discover the REALLY Ancient Southwest and Enter the Reading Olympics !!!

This week we begin our REALLY Ancient Southwest Studies that will be the feature all month. We start with Geology at http://www.rain.org/campinternet/southwest/geology/ and will then move to Dinosaurs at http://www.rain.org/campinternet/southwest/dinosaurs/

Ancient Southwest DIG for this week, Feb 5-11 is a chance to discover ‘How Old IS the Grand Canyon?’ You will be amazed to change your sights to geologic time where ancient comes to mean BILLIONS of years ago, not thousands or even millions.

For all of the month of February we get to explore these truly ancient times – from early geology to the dinosaurs – what will we discover ?? One clue – the Ancient Southwest was very different than it is today – it was moist, forested, and had swamps. But the rivers that run through it have been doing so for millions of years and reveal a geologic history that is mind bogglingly ANCIENT!

CAMPWIDE DIG is on Volcanoes. Learn where there are volcanoes in the Southwest – and how they have formed the petrified forests, mountain ranges, and threatened lives in the Southwest.

READING OLYMPICS begin this week and last all month. To enter, prepare a book report per student, 50 words or more, and post in the Field Reports / Campwide room. Be sure to have students include their first name, teacher name, and school in the ‘Your Handle’ box before posting so we can identify classrooms participating. The 36 classrooms with the greatest number of reports posted will win a ‘Silver Medal’. Grand prize winning classroom also wins a Mark Twain CD. Students can prepare reports on books read in class or for homework, or on the e-books and excerpts available right here on Camp Internet. More than one report per student is encouraged.

COMING UP

Join us for our annual VOLCANO CHAT with Dr. Trombly, our special Trail Guide from the Southwest Volcano Research Center. February 15th, 9-11am. Each class please bring 6 key questions as a group. Use the Campwide Dig to learn more about volcanoes and to help prepare great questions for our Trail Guide.

TEACHERS

The new teacher training workshop is in the teachers web under DIG WORKSHOP Chat Room. This is a required learning activity and one you will be proud to complete. Spend this month preparing your Dig and testing it in the workroom, and then reserve a date in March or April to showcase your Dig! Your students will be thrilled to go on a Dig their own teacher has created!!