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Here are three samples of online projects starting soon with OnlineClass.

Rivers of Life: World Waterways Begins September 21, 1998

A year-long interactive study of the world's great waterways gets underway
on the World Wide Web September 21. Produced by the Center for Global
Environmental Education at Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, and
distributed by on-line educational publisher OnlineClass, Rivers of Life:
World Waterways creates a global classroom in which students investigate
their own water systems with hands-on activities, post data on the Web for
fellow schools and interact with river experts. Moderated discussion takes
place in a Web conference area. The program is designed for grades 3 - 12.

From October, 1998 through August, 1999, each month's online exploration of
a different world river will provide a context for local river study and
stewardship projects.

Rivers of focus for the 1998-99 ROL program:
October: Amazon (South America)
November: Zambezi (Africa)
December: Volga (Russia)
January: Yangtze (China)
February: Thames (Great Britain)
March-May: Mississippi (North America)
June: Murray-Darling (Australia)
July: Tigris-Euphrates (Middle East)

Rivers of Life: World Waterways includes four inquiry-based projects:

Chasing the Flood: Explore the naturally occurring phenomenon of flooding
from a variety of perspectives, gathering precipitation data according to
the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) protocols.

The Steamer Trunk: Students create a "steamer trunk," or culture box,
containing 15 artifacts that together provide an historical, cultural, and
environmental profile of their local watershed.

Rivers Through Time: Students examine how different cultural groups have
related to their watershed through time.

Energy Odyssey: Students explore the many ways that energy flows through
their watershed. Activities focus on learning about non-renewable and
renewable sources of energy.

For registration information about Rivers of Life and a glimpse at the
Rivers of Life on-line classroom, visit <http://www.onlineclass.com> or
e-mail to <tbt@onlineclass.com>.
There is a registration fee for participation in Rivers of Life.
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        OnlineClass
    935 McLean Avenue
         Suite 2
    St. Paul, MN 55106
     tel: 612-771-3809
     fax: 612-771-3901
 cdemoll@onlineclass.com or
   tbt@onlineclass.com
<http://www.onlineclass.com>

Producers and distributors of online,
interactive programs for K-12 including
Blue Ice: Focus on Antarctica,
The North American Quilt, Zeus Speaks!,
Rivers of Life: Mississippi Adventure,
Self*Expressing*Earth, DoodleOpolis,
Ferrous Wheel, Dinosaurs Alive! and
Ocean Explorers.


FERROUS WHEEL: An Educational Ride Goes On-Line

On September 28, 1998, a new interactive Internet project for grades 5-9
and grades 10-12 will premiere. Open to classrooms anywhere in the world,
this collaborative project will bring together professional academicians,
amusement park designers and students for a hands-on design experience made
possible by the World Wide Web.

Ferrous Wheel: An Educational Ride is an 8-week, hands-on physics and math
challenge in which each classroom works to design either a Ferris wheel or
a roller coaster for a virtual amusement park.

The Cast of Characters:

    The Team
    Each participating class will comprise the team of engineers employed
at Ferrous Wheel, Inc.  Their task is to design an amusement park ride in
eight weeks.

    The Big Wheel (TBW)
    The President of Ferrous Wheel, Inc., otherwise known as "The Big
Wheel" (TBW), will send weekly e-mail containing design assignments.
TBW is very interested in her engineers, and so requests that they e-mail
project updates to her on a regular basis.

    The Experts
    TBW, like most CEOs, is also a very busy woman.  She does not always
have time to answer questions personally. To assist her, TBW employs a team
of expert senior engineers available to students by e-mail for
technical questions arising during design and construction. These are
professionals from the field of ride design, physics experts and
mathematicians.
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During the run of the program, participating classrooms will receive weekly
design challenges plus the background needed for the students to do their
work. Extra labs and practice math problems will be available on-line.

Both the Ferris Wheel and the Roller Coaster assignments are available in
two tracks - grades 5-9 and grades 10-12.

For a weekly breakdown of the program, contact OnlineClass at
<tbt@onlineclass.com>.

A second session of Ferrous Wheel will run beginning April 5, 1999.
There is a registration fee for participation in the program.

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        OnlineClass
    935 McLean Avenue
         Suite 2
    St. Paul, MN 55106
     tel: 612-771-3809
     fax: 612-771-3901
   tbt@onlineclass.com
<http://www.onlineclass.com>

Producers and distributors of online,
interactive programs for K-12 including
Blue Ice: Focus on Antarctica,
The North American Quilt, Zeus Speaks!,
Rivers of Life: Mississippi Adventure,
Self*Expressing*Earth, DoodleOpolis,
Ferrous Wheel, Dinosaurs Alive! and
Ocean Explorers.

Zeus Speaks!

In just one month, students from around the world will be back on-line
researching and discussing Greek history and mythology in the interactive
e-mail/Web forum,"Mythos: Zeus
Speaks!"<http://www.onlineclass.com/Mythos/mythos.html>.

Starting September 28, 1998, this nine-week inquiry-based interactive
curriculum for grades 3-8 invites participating classrooms to research the
Greek gods in the library and via the Web. A moderated e-mail discussion
group in which the students can actually "talk" to the gods themselves
focuses the research. Each week, schools receive by e-mail chapters in an
original story, written to introduce students to the Greek gods. Additional
clasroom activities are provided via teaching guide and Web-based
materials. They include a creative writing and a drama thread, essay
questions, an on-line fact-finding challenge and much more.

This will be the third school year in which classes from as far away as
Australia and Romania have joined US and Canadian schools in an adventurous
on-line investigation of ancient Greek civilization.

A weekly breakdown of the curriculum material and a registration form are
available by e-mail request to <tbt@onlineclass.com>. They are also
available at the above Web site. There is a registration fee for the
nine-week interactive program.
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        OnlineClass
    935 McLean Avenue
         Suite 2
    St. Paul, MN 55106
     tel: 612-771-3809
     fax: 612-771-3901
 cdemoll@onlineclass.com or
   tbt@onlineclass.com
<http://www.onlineclass.com>

Producers and distributors of online,
interactive programs for K-12 including
Blue Ice: Focus on Antarctica,
The North American Quilt, Zeus Speaks!,
Rivers of Life: Mississippi Adventure,
Self*Expressing*Earth, DoodleOpolis,
Ferrous Wheel, Dinosaurs Alive! and
Ocean Explorers.

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