The purpose of the project is to support the international exchange of information and understanding through freely available resources among teachers and students, especially in the area of environmental science. The proposed project will aim to facilitate classroom exchanges of teaching and learning resources between middle school science teachers and their students in various regions of the world. Our goal is to examine the following questions this spring:

* How are educational resources developed and used by classrooms in different countries?
* What impact can sharing classroom teaching and learning experiences and data collection have on the participants, and on others?
* How does a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural approach to K-12 environmental science education, in particular, lead to new understandings for teachers and learners?
* How can exploring these questions shed light on the impact to teaching and learning through using open educational resources? Where might teachers see the most benefit or greatest need?