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RED CIENTIFICA PERUANA                                                 NOTIRED
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Project Marco Polo
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Distance Learning with the National Geographic Society 
and the United States Navy via Internet


On July 24, twenty-one teachers and students, selected through 
theNational Geographic Society's Geography Teacher's Alliance will 
board the USNS Kane (a US Navy  oceanographic research ship) in the 
Mediterranean.  For three weeks, these teachers and students will be 
immersed in ocean science and geography studies as they travel to Italy, 
Malta and Tunisia.  Supported and taught by navy and civilian personnel, 
the Project Marco Polo explorers will participate in activities that cover 
ship operations, geography, science, navy operations, history, astronomy, 
nautical science, journal writing, and lesson writing.  While the ship is 
underway between countries, the teachers and students will 
conduct biological and geological studies at deepwater stations.  In Italy, 
Malta, and Tunisia, they will compare and contrast these geographically 
close yet vastly different countries.  

This year, Marco Polo participants will send a daily journal back to shore 
via the Internet.  Anyone who has a connection to Internet, either directly 
or through a gateway (CompuServe, America OnLine, Applelink, 
FrEdmail) can receive these daily reports, and send questions simply by 
subscribing to the MARCOPOLO@CERF.NET electronic mailing list.  
(note that MARCOPOLO is one word)

The daily reports will be written by the 9th grade students from Maryland, 
Florida, and Georgia who are aboard the USNS Kane. 

If you wish to participate, you must subscribe to the MARCOPOLO 
listserver (at no cost).When you subscribe, you will receive an e-mail 
message every day for the duration of the expedition.  To subscribe, send 
the following message:

	TO: 		LISTSERV@CERF.NET
	CC:
	RE:
	SUB:
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	SUBSCRIBE MARCOPOLO FirstName LastName


Inquiries about the project can be e-mailed to: MPOLO@CERF.NET  


Special thanks to General Atomics and the California Education and 
Research Foundation for sponsoring this internet project.

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