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1. The museum that I visited was the Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. I visited the exhibit on Climate Change which was part of the Ice Age Hall. I put my pictures on a PowerPoint presentation and added them to [|SlideShare.net]

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In preparation for this trip, I would use the lesson plans on Climate Change that I included on my ning. Students should be completely familiar with the topic of climate change. Parents would be informed by permission slip, request for parent volunteers and photos and podcasts of the site tour. SlideShare.net is an easy to use method of posting photos and then adding audio. Once created, you are able to embed this presentation on a blog, wiki or a ning. The conversation would continue with further research and sharing opportunities.

2a. As the culminating activity of a year-long project with my 6th, 7th & th grade students, we attended Columbia University and the students first received a tour from a former student of mine. Then, they all had the opportunity to demonstrate their completed websites to dignitaries from education, public office and software companies. They had worked on these websites from October through May in an after-school computer club. The project is entitled, "ThinkQuest NYC" and it is a free competition where NYC students in Grades 3-12 are tasked with building educational websites. The field trip was amazing! Several parents attended with us, and the students were able to demonstrate their completed websites to many admiring dignitaries. 2b. The visit to the Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC was wonderful! My family visited several of the museums of the Smithsonian Institute, including the Air & Space Museum and the Museum of American History. There were huge preparations in anticipation of Earth Day 2009 in the mall between the museums.