To: satex@mail.ed.uiuc.edu
From: jrach@springfield.k12.il.us (JoAnn  Rachford)
Subject: Nogylops AKA Polygon People Exchange Project 
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 16:28:31 +0000

Hi, everyone.

Here is my call design.  Have I left anything out?  Thanks ahead of time
for any suggestions that you might have.

PROJECT:  Nogylops AKA Polygon People Exchange

LEVEL:  Grade 4

IMPORTANT DATES:

APRIL 11:  Deadline for project signup

Instructions will be emailed back to you soon after you enroll.  A sample
drawing and description will be included with the instructions.

APRIL 18:  Deadline for submitting descriptions and mailing drawings to
partner class

APRIL 25:  Deadline for partner class  returning original drawings,
redrawn versions,  and  descriptions

PURPOSE:  Students will use their knowledge of polygons to make drawings
and descriptions of their drawings.  They will also draw pictures using
written descriptions.

SUBJECTS:  Math, Reading Comprehension, Process Writing, Computer Skills, Art

SUMMARY:  Each student  draws  a nogylop on a piece of drawing paper.  A
nogylop is a creature made of polygons.  Each student  also writes  a short
description of the nogylop.  Each class is  paired up with one other class.
The classes then exchange drawings and descriptions.  Each student
receives a description and makes a redrawn version of the nogylop.  The
original drawings are then handed out and students compare them.    After
this, the original drawings , the redrawn versions,  and the descriptions
are sent back to the originating class.  Participants  use email and the
U.S. mail to facilitate the exchange.  The descriptions are sent through
email; the drawings through the U.S. mail.

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS:  10 classes

PROJECT COORDINATOR:  JoAnn Rachford

TO REGISTER:  Please email me at the address below.  Please provide the
following information:
1.  Your name, email address, school name, and school address
2.  Number of students in your class

JoAnn Rachford
Dubois School
Springfield, Illinois 62704

email:  jrach@springfield.k12.il.us

I will email  more details to each of the first 9 classes who answers my
call, including email address and other information about the partner
class.  At that time, a sample drawing and description will be sent to
insure uniformity of size.  Also the procedure will suggest that if the
number of students in the class is not the same as the partner class, some
of the  students can work in pairs or do more than one drawing.

JoAnn Rachford

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JoAnn Rachford
Dubois School, 4th grade
Springfield, Illinois