OPEN HistoryHISTORICAL CHRONICLE OF OPEN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (1998-2003)
NATIONAL PARKS AND WORLD HERITAGE SITES - 'JOURNEYS SERIES' US MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL (AGES 11-14):
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Journeys to Living Laboratories:
Join OPEN, and the National Park Service and begin an exotic wildlife expedition in your classroom with Journeys to Living Laboratories! Transport your students, via the Web and broadcast video, to the natural world and guide them through the discovery process as they explore ecology, survival, and preservation.
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Journeys to Wilderness Canyons:  Come along with OPEN, and the National Park Service as we explore the ecology, animal life and geology of Black Canyon, America's deepest, narrowest and steepest canyon with the US Park Service and compare it with canyons in Petra, Jordan, Three Gorges, China, and then Valles Marineris, Mars (NASA) and more. |
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Journeys to Alaska: The Power of Volcanoes Explore how humans and wildlife have coexisted for thousands of years in one of the most active earthquake and volcano sites in the world. Students around the world traveled with our researchers and program hosts to the summit of Mt. Novarupta, the largest and most voluminous volcanic eruption.
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ESL/EFL Curriculum Companions to Parks and World Heritage Sites,and The Spanish Language Version of Wilderness Canyons
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An ESL/EFL Companion to Journeys to Living Laboratories - Saving the Black Rhino An ESL/EFL Companion to Journeys to Wilderness Canyons - Petra Jordan Journeys to Wilderness Canyons in Spanish |
PLANETARY SCIENCES – THE SEARCH FOR LIFE BEYOND EARTH
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Mysteries of Mars – Twin Rovers on Mars Find Evidence of Past Watery World |
OPEN'S 'LEARNING FOR PEACE' AND CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS SERIESU.S. HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL (Ages 15-18):
MARINERS OF GREECE - PART I AND II:
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In the spring of 1998 and 1999, OPEN launched its Mariners of Greece program targeted to students age 12 to 17 from the U.S., Greece, Denmark and Jordan. Using two-way videoconferencing equipment and the Internet, participants from three continents were afforded the opportunity to communicate online with student peers and experts from Harvard and Brown University and Athens, Greece. OPEN teams collaborated using our interactive multidisciplinary curriculum. Students learned about ancient trade routes and peoples of the Mediterranean and Middle East combining their knowledge of science, literature and history.
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