To: GIS Camp Internet Explorers

Welcome to Your First Expedition Track Briefing

Note: This is the first message going out to the individual tracks. If you receive a briefing from a track you are NOT in, please email to camp@campinternet.net and let us know what track to change you to. To know what track you received this from – see the email address that sent you this message to confirm if you are getting the right email – it should match the greeting at the top of this message and the subject line.

Expedition Highlights This Week –

We invite you to post a CLASS HELLO in your track’s Field Report room and to then discover the fun online INTERNET DIG activities Tuesday the 16^th - Monday the 22^nd 6am-3pm PST, Monday-Fridays ( now open early for our Eastern Campers)

Your Track’s Feature:

GIS is starting to learn about geography and map making in the current Dig and it encourages follow up with GPS or GIS exercises right in the school yard.

Other interactive activities going on that you could assign for student learning activities :

Ancient Southwest is featuring a new Internet Dig all are welcome to use – Discover The Great Mysteries of the Ancient Southwest – and this interactive Q&A exploration goes back further in time than you might ever have imagined …

Backcountry is doing the fun ‘Outdoor Living – Bully!’ Internet Dig featuring the John Muir and President Teddy Roosevelt camping trip that changed the American wilderness forever by leading to the National Parks System.

Channel Islands is learning about the Island of the Blue Dolphins in ‘ How did Karana Survive’ which includes some interesting film history components.

American History is meeting America’s First Peoples and our early European settlers in the new Dig.

Global Garden is getting to learn about ‘The Three Sisters’ in an Internet Dig introducing Native American gardening practices in use today by many Americans.

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Tip : If time does not allow each student to complete all Dig questions – divide questions up among the group and then once posted, have one read their different question and answer to the room so all learn together. Also, be sure to use the stored Internet Digs in your track, available any day, any time, as student research assignments. These are accessed from the ACTIVITY link at top of your Trail Head. These provide valuable structure and guidance in using the resources.