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Welcome to our 8 week interactive group project on Colorado! Okay Snow Cats this is a big and exciting project. Imagine that a 2nd grade exchange student is coming from Ireland to Colorado. They will spend one semester here in Colorado and it is your group's job to teach them about Colorado! You will need to show them fun and exciting things for kids to do and also teach them about the geography and history of our state.

Part 1) Google Docs: I have started a [|map of Colorado] for your group. You can click on the link add more stuff to your map of Colorado. Make sure that each person in your group adds something to the map. Your map should include:
 * A hiking trail
 * A fun place for kids to go
 * A ghost town
 * A zoo
 * A fun restaurant for kids
 * An amusement park

Each student will need to use their student google accounts that we set up in class to access the map on Google docs (click on the "map of Colorado" link above)

Part 2) Document your group's experience on Blogger. I want each group to comment on our class blog about learning and teaching about Colorado. Each member of our group needs to comment on the topic covering one aspect of learning about Colorado each week. This can be about something new you learned, a challenge you faced, a problem you had, etc.. Simply reflect on one aspect of your experience with researching Colorado in order to show an outsider how awesome our state is. Here is a tutorial on how Blogger works: media type="custom" key="5904595" Here is the link to our Blogger Blog: Denver Snowcats Blog Part 3) Google Books Visit our [|Google Books Bookshelf] to find some books that have useful information about our state. Each member of your group needs to write one paragraph about each of the following topics: History, Geography, Things To Do. We will share these in class.

Part 4) Google Calendar Here is our Group Project Google Calendar. I want each student, in each group, to find one important date in Colorado history and add it to this calendar.