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LEWIS & CLARK BICENTENNIAL PROJECT |
Project Name:
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The Lewis & Clark Challenge |
Location of Project:
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Oregon |
Lead Sponsor:
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Organization Name |
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory and others |
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Contact Name/Title |
Dr. Larry McClure |
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Address/State/ZIP |
101 SW Main, Suite 500 |
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Phone/Fax/e-mail |
503-275-9597 |
503-275-0133 |
[email protected] | ||
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Website |
http://nwrel.org | ||||
Other Sponsors:
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Oregon Education Association, National Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation/Oregon Chapter, Oregon Historical Society, business and industry groups, foundations, broadcast and cable television outlets |
Project Description:
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Using today's high-tech tools and high audience-appeal TV formats (e.g. College Bowl, Survivor, Jeopardy), each school district (or attendance area within a large district) will recruit and field a team of students from 9th-12th grade levels. They will conduct research and service activities in their local community using Lewis & Clark's original model for discovery and documentation. Teams with diverse student participation and the best web sites will enter a round of final television Challenge (playoffs) where students must solve Lewis & Clark-related writing, speaking, mathematics, science, ethnography, music, art, and cartography problems in real time. |
Project Budget:
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Total: |
$ 500,000 |
Funded to Date: |
$ none |
Support:
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Funding for this project will come from multiple sources and will require a small planning grant to assemble a design team. Major costs will be for coordination and development, local teacher time, and travel for student teams for regional and final Challenges in their TV or cable market. |
Project Status:
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This project will require considerable planning and involvement from educators and non-educators alike. Problems students solve will be based on Oregon's education (CIM) standards. |
Coding:
Primary Category: _ R/H _ P/T _ I _ CD _ C/N X ED _ E _ O
Type: _ Fed _ State _ Local _ Tribal X Multi-Agency _ Private _ Pub/Priv _ Other
Status: X Proposed _ Underway _ Finished
Priority Ranking: within State/Tribe/Agency: # ____ out of ____.
Other Comments:
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Students will conduct valuable local research as a service to their own communities, post their results on a web site accessible to the public, and also become experts on the original Lewis & Clark story in order to meet the final Challenge.
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