In collaborating with our JDO partner class in Dublin, Ireland my 4th graders and Mr. Daly's 5th Class created a Patagonia Expedition Guide. We coined our project, "Connecting the Continents".
Given the overwhelming amount of students (and adults) who ask, "Where is Patagonia?", we began our research with a Padlet for students to share what they already knew about Patagonia and what they were curious about for the region. As one of my students said, "Patagonia is somewhere in the far south of South America, and to be honest, not a lot of people know about it."
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| Click here to add your thoughts to our Padlet |
Next up was meeting over Zoom to begin researching and planning our book together. First, we looked at a map to see just how far Patagonia (or more specifically Ushuaia-the Southern most city in the world) is from Massachusettes and Dublin. I really wished I had videotaped students shocked faces as I had to keep going further south, south, and even more south until we found it on the map.
Like our previous international collaborative projects, students were split into groups and assigned specific locations from my expedition. Students brainstormed, researched, edited, and revised to create very informative guides for my expedition to share far and wide. We even created two editions so younger students could also learn about Patagonia. Check out the guide below and learn about Patagonia too!
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| Click here 🔗 to view our Expedition Guide to Patagonia |