Wendy King
SLM 521
Collaboration:
Online Projects for Classrooms Around the World
Average Weight of 10 Year Olds in Different Countries
This project is designed for
elementary students to chart the average weight of 10 year olds around the globe.
The students begin the project by making a graph to represent the average
weight of 10 year olds in their school. They then collect information on eating
habits and determine what factors contribute to the different weights.
Information is forwarded to different schools to compare data. This project
would be useful to elementary teachers of math and science. Date visited:
http://mathforum.org/class2class/view.taco?class_id=72
If you are looking for a
collaborative project that will use multiple skills across subjects, this is
the project for you! Students will use deductive reasoning skills to locate
their fellow project participants in “The Great State Mystery.” To solve this
puzzle, students will give out hints about their home state and the surrounding
geographic area to hint at their location. This would be a great introductory
online collaborative project. It would be suitable for upper elementary
students and teachers of all subjects. Date visited: June 7, 2006.
http://mathforum.org/class2class/view.taco?class_id=66
G.A.S.P.: Great Adventures to Scenic Places
This project enables students
and teachers to enjoy a year long project that describes a real life adventure
of a man who rode his bike to every national park in the contiguous
A wonderful project for
children and adults! This activity enables students to study pests such as
mosquitoes, mice, spiders, and other types of unwanted visitors. The project
will help students determine why pests invade our houses and what we can do to
make them feel more unwelcome. This project would be ideal for elementary
science teachers.
Date visited:
http://www.pestworldforkids.org/
Monarch Butterfly Migration
This project enables students
to study the amazing migration patterns of monarch butterflies. Students find
out how the butterflies know when to leave, how far and how fast to fly, and
when they have reached their destination. This would be a fun and interesting
project for elementary school students studying science and social studies.
Students will keep journals, record observations, and make their own migration
maps. Date visited:
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/AboutFall.html