Nation Investigation

Overview: Trek Education Inc., the nonprofit I founded in 2002, delivered NI as it's first technology service product. What is NI? NI is an interactive, educational web site that allows students to access information on over 200 countries around the globe. Learning activities are structured around teacher created challenges that address National Standards in mathematics and social studies for students in grades six through twelve. The challenges encourage students to view the world from a unique perspective, allowing them to gain a better understanding about the diversity in our world. The project-based challenges are complex and appropriate for collaborative work. In completing the challenges, students can query the Nation Investigation database and access information on 50 different indictors related to health, education, population, employment, media and more! Data from the student queries is presented in tables and graphs to address various learning styles. Frequently challenges will require that students access other web sites from our resources page allowing them to gain important researching skills in this information age.

Technology: Windows 2000, MS Access database, Coldfusion, HTML, Javascript.

Authors:

• Content Provider/Curriculum Developer: Eliana Carvalho, Lesley Reilly
• Front End Web Design/Developer: Jen Milner, Jude Hidgon
• Back End Web Design/Developer: Russ Vanderpool, Jude Hidgon
• Database Developer: Russ Vanderpool

Released: May, 2002