I registered our class for the fall CIESE Square of Life project. For this project, our class observed square meters of earth in the schoolyard. The students looked for and recorded items that were living and nonliving; they were assisted, during this process, by their big buddies! After our class completed this initial activity, we made a Skype call to another class in the project, to discuss our findings. This was the first Skype call of the year and the students were very excited and did a great job. CIESE's Square of Life online collaborative project is a wonderful activity for students in grades pk through 5. Working with big buddies makes this activity possible with younger grades and the Skype call gave the students an opportunity to discuss their understanding of living and nonliving. To add a literacy connection, the students discussed and then read questions that they had prepared for the Skype call. This process helps children understand how we communicate and collaborate with others in order to learn.