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Hello from Class 4,  Mr Humble’s group from St Oswald’s School in Burneside England. We are 9, 10 and 11 year olds who are very keen to get going in this year’s Monster Project. This will be the seventh monster from Mr Humble’s Class. We also like to play internet chess and if anyone would like a chess match against some keen English students, please get in touch: jhumble@st-oswalds.cumbria.sch.uk   

Burneside can be found at Latitude - 54.3556 N, Longitude -2.7628 W  - Google Map Street View in England

Here is the introduction from Teachers: Lin-lin Tan, Li-Chi Hsu at Sih-Wei Elementary School in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Latitude: north of the equator: 22-25, Longitude: east of the equator: 120-122

School Homepage http://www.swps.kh.edu.tw/ -- Class Blog of Lin-lin http://www.workonlittledreams.blogspot.tw/

1.  We are good citizens locally, and we can be good citizens globally by sharing our actions in saving electricity.
2.  We understand that that global climate change happens because we waste too much electricity.
3.  If our Monster could reduce its carbon footprint, it would do it by unplugging computer and turning off the air-conditioning as often as possible.
4. eating local and on-season vegetable and food material
5. buying less clothes
6. unplug all electricity after school or when we leave our rooms
7. Walking or biking to school instead of riding scooter or driving a car. Taking public transportation so often as possible.
8. praying with sincerity and palms without burning incense

In Taiwan, we have many temples.  Traditionally, we burn a lot of incense and paper money when we pay our homage to gods. It 
pollutes the air and waste a lot of "real" money. This year, the biggest temple in Taipei bans incense and paper money burning. Many temples are "watching" now. We are going to support this great action of Lungshan Temple, Taipei.

Yangon International School, Yangon Myanmar -- Grade 4A – Ms. Jessica, Grade 4B – Ms. Horton - Class Web Page
Latitude/Longitude – 16 degrees north, 96 degrees east

4B’s description:
Hi, we are students from Yangon International School.  Our fourth grade class is pleased to meet you.  We have two wonderful teachers called Ms Horton and Ms Amethyst. Most of us are from Myanmar and we always try our best in school.  We follow rules and study hard.

We always try to help the earth.  We help by recycling, planting trees that will take away carbon and by making sure that our trash is not in the ground. In Yangon, the weather is getting very strange.  It is raining way more than it used to.  This must be what we call "Climate Change".  The air isn't as clean as it used to be.  Cars and factories are polluting the air.  In 2008, a huge cyclone named "Nargis" destroyed many things. 

Our monster would find answers to all sorts of problems and fix them.  He would exhale oxygen, and he would take a shower once a year with dirty water so water wouldn't be wasted.  He could take salt out of seawater.  He would only go by bicycle and would eat trash.  His energy could be used for electricity.

4A’s description:

We are good global citizens by not buying small plastic bottles anymore. You should also stop taking plastic bags from super markets. We are also good global citizens by... Using the three Rs,( reduce, reuse, recycle! ), helping endangered and injured animals, free caged animals, and ride a bicycle to not-so far places, ( Please still use it! ), or use a small car to far places, plant plants, and don't waste electricity! If not, you are making your carbon footprint bigger! ( Don't make your carbon footprint bigger! )

We are trying to be good learners.4 A always work as a team. We play fairly at recess, 4A really works hard in our studies, 4A tries to improve and 4A learns from our mistakes! :)

Climate Change Causes

There are many causes that caused the climate change. These are some of the causes. Lots of people ALWAYS pollute rain forests and other places. They cut down trees to build new resources like factories and apartments. Lots of others also runs factories, that produce smoke, that will damage the environment. The worst of all, people waste water and electricity. They also drive cars unnecessarily. They also melt icebergs (Okay, I don't understand why do they do THAT)

Our monster is thinking to save the earth. Instead of using other electricity we'll use twisted light bulbs because it doesn't take too much electricity and instead of using cars we will ride bikes and if it is near maybe we will walk or use electronic car so that the carbon dioxide doesn't exit. We'll also use a fan air-con so it doesn't take too much electricity energy too. That is how our MONSTER will HELP!!!!!!!!:):)

We are just starting to learn about Global Citizenship and Climate Change. We will know more at the end of this school year.

We are ready to take part in the Monster project!  53 ° 5 '24 N latitude  91 ° 23 '98 east longitude

The highest temperature in summer is +38C, the coldest temperature in winter is - 40C

My students are 9 -10 years old. They study English just for the 3rd year but they are quite experienced in doing Global projects like Global Monster project, Diamond poem project, T-shirts for Peace and now we are starting a new project Doves for Peace https://www.facebook.com/groups/1526925430875155/

On Kidlink: http://www.kidlink.org/drupal/Doves -- We are collecting flags from different countries in our classroom. 
Our blog is - http://welcometoaban.blogspot. com   ---   Skype - tlv20091 (Call us!)

1. We are good citizens locally, and we can be good citizens Globally by making friends with children from all over he world.
2. We understand that global climate change happens because the Universe is developing constantly.
3. If our Monster could reduce its carbon footprint, there are some ecological projects in our school like saving energy and water, protecting forests from the fire (students draw pictures and put the ads in our town) students collect old paper for recycling, they also use plastic bottles for creating different crafts. 

The participation in Global projects gives my students opportunity to practice English, make new friends and become Global citizens! I am proud of giving them this opportunity with our Monster teachers team! 

Hello my name is Mrs. Lee and I have the pleasure of teaching the grade 5-6 class at Pierson School in Pierson Manitoba Canada. We have 14 students this year, our town has the population of about 250 people and our school population is 80 from Kindergarten to grade 12.

Our Latitude is 49.1800° N, 101.2625° W The warmest we get in the summer is about 30 Celsius 

The coldest we get can be around -40 Celsius or colder with the wind-chill. Although last winter we had a couple days that were almost -50 !!

Our school website is being rebuilt. I will update when it gets going. Our class Skype ID is MrsLeePiersonMB. I hope it works !

We believe that we are good global citizens because we are aware of the need to reduce pollution and carbon outputs. We believe that giving help to those in need is also a good thing.

We understand that global climate change is happening and this is because of people polluting, over using energy and too many vehicles on the road.

Our monster will reduce his carbon foot print by walking more when he is in town, turning the lights off when he is done, recycling and being aware of his action and how they hurt our earth.

This is a picture of us! We cannot wait to see and learn more about the people and places around the world as we all create this monster together!

                                                     
Hello fellow Monster Makers!
We are a team of five, six and seven year olds from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. We are in Grade One and Grade Two. Our teachers’ names are Mrs. Zealand, Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Taylor. We are proud to attend a school named after our Canadian hero, Terry Fox. We run for Terry everyday! We can’t wait to start our Monster. We will be sure to share our Monster Making journey with you. Happy Monster Making!

SKYPE - zealandp -- Newmarket Latitude: 44.06035 -- Newmarket Longitude: -79.45579
Our Weather:

email: gferguson@lafayetteregional. org | skype: lafayette41

We are the 3H Crew! Our teacher is Ms. Halbert and we are in 3^rd grade. Our school is J. Fithian Tatem Elementary School which is located in Haddonfield, NJ USA. Our longitude & latitude is 39.8954 degrees N, 75.0343 degrees W The temperature can go as high as 107 degrees F and as low as -7 degrees F. The 3H Crew is a Whole Brain classroom! 3H has 18 kids in the class and we have a whiteboard to keep track of classmates that are here and classmates that are not. The 3H Crew has their own blog!

We are citizens locally, and can be good citizens Globally by being a role model for the whole world. We think global warming is caused by gasoline from cars, motorcycles, and trucks. If our monster could reduce its carbon footprint, it would do so by breathing in carbon dioxide and breathing out oxygen unlike people.

Class Blog: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=316581
Skype: HMHS08033 -- Twitter: @suehalbert  - web page: http://www.haddonfield.k12.nj.us/tatem/

We are a classroom of 24 fourth grade students at Jaworek Elementary School. The boys outnumber the girls by four. Our teachers are Mrs. Gibbons and Mrs. Federico. We speak Spanish, Portuguese, English, Japanese, and Swedish, a bit of French, German, and Italian, and the language from Ghana. One of us is learning Mandarin. We like to discover all of the different monsters in our literature. We want to find out as much as we can about the rest of the world. If a classroom from Mars joined our project, it would become the Universal Monster Project!

Marlborough’s latitude is 42.3458 degrees N and our longitude is 71.5528 degrees W. It takes about 45 minutes to drive a car from Marlborough to Boston on the East Coast. Our summer temperatures can reach the high 90s, and we can go a few degrees below 0 in the winter. This week we have enjoyed pleasant temperatures in the high 60s to low 70s during the day, cooling down to about 50 degrees late at night. Based on our City of Marlborough 2010 census, we have rounded our population to about 38,000 people. Marlborough covers 22.2 square miles. 

Global climate change is caused by human activity, such as burning fossil fuels.  This causes too much carbon dioxide and methane to be released into the atmosphere, creating a greenhouse effect.  Consequently, sea levels are rising, certain animal migration patterns are changing, and we are witnessing the emergence of more severe weather.

If our monster could reduce his carbon footprint he would do so by eating carrots grown in his neighbor’s garden for a snack instead of processed corn chips made in a factory and then shipped by truck to the grocery store. He could hang his many colored cloaks and scary shirts on the line to dry rather than using the dryer in the basement. He could also turn the water off while he is brushing his teeth.

      We are good citizens locally by speaking up for people who need fair treatment. We collect cans from neighbors to take to the recycle center. We can volunteer our time in local organizations like Adopt a Pet. We attend our Marlborough Labor Day Parade, shovel driveways for elderly citizens in the neighborhood, and bring food to families that are having a baby or a difficult time with illness. We can also donate food to the local food pantry.

     We are good global citizens when we learn about children in other countries through participating in the Global Monster Project. When we are creative, we come up with new ways to tackle problems. We help other countries in the world when we take care of our forests by planting trees. We help by being ready to assist other places that have trouble. Doctors from different countries can discover new cures for diseases. Email address: mgibbons@mps-edu.org - Skype: 5855

This is Mrs. Orton's Fourth Grade classroom in Blackfoot, Idaho, USA.We loved being a part of the project last year and are anxious to get started.    We are found on Earth at latitude 43.1900° N, longitude 112.3461° W.  Our temperature ranges between 97 degrees in the summer and -20 degrees in the winter...brrrrrrrrr!  

Our website is http://ortojblog.wordpress.com

Miss Chavez's, 3rd grade, Gard Elementary School - Beardstown, IL USA, 40.0122° N, 90.4286° W, 86 H to 17 L.  
Skype: isamar.chavez9

1. We are good citizens locally, and we can be good citizens Globally by…We can be good citizens globally by picking up litter, not littering, helping others in need, and being friendly.

 2. We understand that global climate change happens because ….. Global climate change happens because the exhaust from the cars goes into the air.

3. If our Monster could reduce its carbon footprint, it would do it by … Our monster would plant trees and ride a bike places.