• Who are the students your students will communicate with (specific location, grade level)?

• Other 4th graders from Italy...or another country we are studying.  

• When would your students contact these other students (at what point in their project work)?

• Anytime through out the investigation
• Weekly

• What kinds of questions would they ask each other and what kinds of information would they share?

• What are basic table manners?
• Typical Meal?
• What time meals are?
• Safety?
• Are children encouraged to cook with parents?

• What will they do with the information they get from the other students?

• Compare and contrast
• Some kind of write up or summary of what they have learned
• Review and summarize information that was gathered...provide opinions, critiques, etc.