Gr 4-5 The Great Race Project

Columbiana County ESC and NCOESC in Ohio would like to invite 4th and 5th grade students to participate in the 6th annual “Great Race” program. Over the last 5 years classrooms from around the United States have raced across the country learning geography, social studies, science and math. Each year has been a new race. This years Great Race theme since it is an election year is the “Presidential Run” students will race from Washington DC to Honolulu, Hawaii 

Here is a brief overview of the project. Fourth and fifth grade classrooms from around the nation will race from Washington DC to Hawaii. Each class will be a team and the team that gets there the quickest, spending least amount of money, stopping at all the cultural and geographically historical places given to them will be the winners. This is a 21st Century Adventure!

There will be three videoconferences. The first will be the kick off of the race on Wednesday, Feb 22nd. During this connection students and teachers will learn the rules of the race and what to expect. There will be a midpoint connection and then a final connection to announce the winner in early May. 

Please visit the website to see examples of past races at http://pd.ncoesc.org/greatrace/ 

Deadline to sign up is February 17th.

For more information please call (216-346-2651) or email kmoore@ccesc.k12.oh.us