START A NEW7WONDERS OF

NATURE PROJECT DAY!

21 classrooms in the Pleasant Valley Elementary School,
New York, participated in a 21-week project highlighting
the New7Wonders candidates in 2007.

What is a Project Day? New7Wonders encourages teachers to

integrate topics addressed by the
A project day is the result of a one to
New7Wonders of Nature campaign in their
two-week project on a special topic.
classes. With a dedicated New7Wonders of
On Project Day, students present what
Nature Project Day, students will have fun
they have researched. These special
learning about nature and the world around
projects help students examine and
them, can develop their ability to work
understand complex topics, and gain
independently either alone, with a partner
an in-depth knowledge of a particular
or as part of a group, and can learn to
subject. This kind of project is one of
present their work with pride. We welcome
the most action-oriented teaching
you to submit any work to the
methods, and it demands a great deal
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of independence from the students.
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About New7Wonders Millions of students took part in the campaign to choose the Official New 7 Wonders
of the World that were announced on July 7, 2007. More than 100 million votes
selected 7 sites to represent our global cultural heritage: The Great Wall of China,
Petra in Jordan, Mexico’s Chichén Itzá, the Statue of Christ Redeemer in Rio de
Janeiro, the Colosseum in Rome, Peru’s Machu Picchu and the Taj Mahal in India.
More than 6,000 schools and even more individual kids from countries everywhere
participated in the campaign, which was the world’s first-ever global election.

This time, the New7Wonders campaign is choosing the New7Wonders of Nature.

The Official Declaration of the New7Wonders of Nature will be on 11.11.11.
Find out more on new7wonders.com
 Students at Seven English-Español – Vl
Project Day planning Mariana school in São Paulo, Brazil,
have just finished a semester project
about the New 7 Wonders of the World.

Set timing: how long

will the students have
to work on the project?

Teachers select topics;

Identify related topics,
integrate other subjects

How the project will be

presented? Website or
computer presentation?
Handmade models, a
presentation with
music? Or a video? What should an in-depth project for Project Day include?
•It should be relevant to the class

Identify what resources •It should address the interests of all participants

the students can use •It should be based on good organization, planning and responsibility
•It can cross over into several different subjects (e.g. biology and history)

Group work or •Some kind of interactivity is often very good for all involved
individual work?
Get involved in the New7Wonders of Nature campaign!
At set fixed times,
students meet with the Please encourage kids, with their classmates, friends and family, to
teacher to discuss how learn as much as they can about your favorite New7Wonders of Nature
Finalist. They can support them by spreading the word via the internet,
the project is going
putting up posters or handing out flyers (which they can make them
themselves!). From the 28 New7Wonders of Nature Finalists, there is also
Finally: Project Day! one in your part of the world. Find out more on new7wonders.com

This is the second-ever global election, and anyone over the age of 6
can vote. New7Wonders wants as many kids and adults as possible from
around the world to join together and celebrate the beauty and magic of
nature. Help us bring people together to appreciate the wonders of our
“If we want to save natural world!

anything, we first need

New7Wonders welcomes any comments from teachers, school
to truly appreciate it” administrators and educational officials. Please email us at kids@n7w.com
if you have any thoughts about how we can better reach out to the
Bernard Weber, educational community across the globe.
Founder of New7Wonders Thank you!