What is a Traveling Trunk?

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The traveling trunk is a tool to provide learning for students of all ages, incorporating a variety of learning strategies. As the title suggests, the trunk travels from classroom-to-classroom and utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to learning with hands-on activities for students. Many traveling trunks integrate state and national teaching standards. Experiential learning theory, defined as "education that occurs as a direct participant in the events of life" (Ricketts & Willis, 2002), supports the students active involvement in the learning process. Some of the benefits of a traveling trunk include:

Active student learning	Positive student attitudes
Excitement & curiosity	Increased student attendance
Self-directed learning	Prepackaged curriculum

Global Fusion in a two-week unit focusing on World Hunger and Food Insecurities. The complete trunk is available as a resource for your classroom for a small fee. Or you can download the lessons and resources in the teacher guidebook at www.ccfcs.org under online resources entitled "Global Fusion Teacher Guidebook".

For more information contact: Nancy Shepherd at nancy.shepherd@ttu.edu or phone 806-742-5050 (257) for details.