What is earthfind?
Earthfind is a quest - to break the rules of learning by lecture. Earthfind connects classrooms globally to let kids learn from kids, establishing relationships not only across geographical barriers, but social and economical barriers as well. Earthfind is a cooperative contest, in which classrooms register to compete globally with teams of other classrooms.
How does it work?
Classrooms sign up with a subject specialty and are partnered with classrooms across the world that select a different subject. This team then competes with other teams from around the world. All teams are provided clues to the final destination each week by famous celebrities. Teachers are provided lesson plans to help students work through the clues, doing practice problems individually. The class is given a challenge question at the end of the week for students to work through. This question can be used in coordination with answers from other classes to get top marks.