Inquiry-Driven iBoat Project- 21st Century Message in a Bottle, 2nd Grade

Hello Second Grade Teachers!

I am creating some iBoat modules that I am offering to teach to your class throughout the year. They will be inter-disciplinary, mainly with geography and technology but some other subjects embedded as well. I believe the modules will be of high-interest to second graders and developmentally appropriate helping to drive home the point that geography is interesting and as second graders you can connect to geography! Here are some bullets describing the first two modules.

1. The iBoat will be in the Scarborough Schools in September. Then it will be prepared to be launched after that. I will do a lunch-time introduction for all grades on the following dates. If you would like me to come to your classroom or your second grade team on that date, please let me know!
1. Wed., 9/11- PH
2. Thurs., 9/12- BP
3. Tues., 9/17- EC
2. Before the end of September I am also offering to come into your classroom or do a second grade meeting on the day I am in your building focusing on: What information about ourselves can we share with whoever finds the iBoat? How could we share this? This will be along the lines of expository composition with a real-world audience. 

• After these two modules, I will share more information with you. I don't want to give you too much all at once as you are probably already on information overload right now!

You could respond with interest to the email I wrote or to this blog post. Please include when it might work for me to come in for module two if you are interested.

~Courtney