Chinese+Summer+Camp+2013

=Cultural Connections with High School Students from Beijing= Friday Institute for Educational Innovation August 5, 2013 9:15 - 10:45 am (Note the full program is from 9:00 am - 12:30. Feel free to attend the full program if you like; your part of the program is designated for 9:15 - 10:45 am)

=**I. Who Am I? Video Introductions (20 minutes)**=

= = =**II. How Do you Problem Solve and Collaborate? (25 minutes)**=
 * As a way to have students introduce themselves and to view/hear themselves speak in English, have students:**
 * 1) **Introduce themselves using a Flip camera that is provided for each table.**
 * **Example: My name is _. I am interested in studying ___.**
 * 1) **Have 6 students per table introduce themselves with a one take clip.** **Remember to hold the camera still, shoot close ups, and have the students speak loudly.**
 * 2) **Have students come to the front of the room by table and play their introduction video for the rest of the group.**
 * Have students conduct the [|Marshmallow Design Challenge] and reflect on how they approach problem solving and collaborating.**

To understand how you collaborate and problem solve within a group.
 * Learning Outcome:**

1. In teams, build the tallest free standing structure that you can using only the materials that you are given. 2. You have exactly 18 minutes to create your structure. 3. When time is called you must stop and back away from your structure. 4. Your structure qualifies only if it is freestanding and it has a marshmallow on top.
 * Design Challenge:**

Each team is given 1 marshmallow, 1 yard of masking tap, 1 yard string, 20 sticks of uncooked spaghetti. (You have scissors to cut the string but don't use them for anything else).
 * Materials:**

After time is called, measure each structure. The team with the tallest structure wins the challenge. Give the team a bag of gold coins with chocolate inside as a prize to share.
 * Determining the Winners:**

=**III. Beijing To Raleigh and Back Again: Examining Our Place In The World (30 minutes)**=


 * This activity will provide students with an opportunity to describe their community in Beijing and their experiences in the U.S. this summer.**
 * 1) **Have students describe their neighborhood or community in China using the following prompts.**
 * Where do you live? Describe your neighborhood, city or town. Feel free to write your thoughts on chart paper.
 * Locate your home on the Google map HERE Place a pin in the map where you live and include the description about your home that you just wrote.
 * 1) **Have students describe the places they have visited in the United States and answer the following questions.**
 * Where have you visited on your trip to the United States? Describe these places. What did you do while you were in these places? What did you like most about each place? Feel free to write your thoughts on chart paper.
 * Locate the places you visited on the Google map HERE Place a pin in the map where you visited and include the description about your visit that you just wrote.
 * 1) **Time permitting, have students describe the differences between their home and the U.S.**

1) Go here: https//mapsengine.google.com/map/ 2) log-in with your google account and ignore whatever pops up after you log in
 * Note for facilitators:** In order for the Google map to work, you will have to log out of gmail, then follow these directions.


 * IV. Generate Questions For NC State Students (10 minutes) **


 * Have students in your group generate 3-4 questions that they would like to have answered during the next segment with NC State students.**


 * Ask for volunteers to be ready to pose questions for the NC State students.**