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04/05/2007

 

 

Online K-12 Projects

 

  • Woodland Network - These projects from Sweden allow students to observe and hypothesize about the health of trees in their area. The first project is for students 10 - 15 years old and is called Just a Tree (in both Swedish and English languages). Older students (age 15+) can participate in the more extensive Woodland Research Project (available in nine languages). Data is sent to the project site, then posted for public use. When more data is available, this will be a great site for mathematics/science/geography integration.
  • ThinkQuest
  • It's a Ponds Life - See real students doing real science -- with the help of technology. This student-created Web site guides visitors through a yearlong project, from planning the pond ecosystem study through data gathering and analysis.
  • Math Puzzles
  • Collaborative Internet Projects for lower primary students.  -- online interactive activities, printable worksheets and links.  Also included is a class website that has digital webfolios for each of her students, a teacher’s journal, links, and collaborative project descriptions that they are involved in.
  • Hero of the Year  - Activity - In this Web-based activity by 4th-grade teacher Rebecca Pilver, elementary students research selected Web sites to select a Hero of the Year, then design a commemorative stamp. This is a nice example of how elementary educators can make use of existing Web sites in their interdisciplinary lessons. 
  • A Web-based Interactive Stock Market Learning Project for K-12 basic lessons in portfolio management, economic indicators, and foreign relations, and then set them free to develop their own stock portfolios, using realtime NYSE and NASDAQ stock data 
  • Hubble Image Computer Picturebooks  Download the picture books available on this site for both Windows and Macintosh computers.  gorgeous images and  accompanying text. There are many topics to choose from including Mars, Earth, Gems of Hubble, PlanetQuest, Other Worlds and Volcanic Features of Hawaii
  • Amazing Space Web-Based Activities   interactive Astronomy activities complete with Hubble Space Science Telescope pictures. There are a variety of different units with full background material, lesson plans and lists of additional resources. 
  • Kansas Collaborative Research Network  Join schools from all over the globe by participating in collaborative projects.  You do NOT have to be located in Kansas.  The KanCRN Project is committed to inquiry as basic to education and as a controlling principle in the organization and selection of students’ activities. Student Project Areas include: Tardigrades, Stream Monitoring, Digital MonarchWatch, Water Conservation, UV & DNA, Afri/Ameri Immigration, Your cookie Crumble?, Out! Darn Spot!, Global Warming, KS Winter Bird Survey, Particulate Monitoring, An Eye on Ozone, Lichens & So2, Amphibian Biomonitoring, Construction Function, Land Use in Watershed, Driving Me Crazy, The Green Wave,  and My Own Research. Check out the book Electronic Collaboration: A Practical Guide for Educators described on the teacher page and available either online or as a pdf file to help ensure your success.
  • Online Class from Ed's Oasis - Are you interested in integrating the Internet into your own K-12 curriculum, but want something already organized and ready-to-go?
  • MayaQuest '98: Mysteries of the Rainforest - Gearing (and pedaling, and e-mailing) up for another trip, the MayaQuest team is at it again. Join leader Dan Buettner and his crew of scientists and adventurers as they explore Central America. Subscribe to get biweekly updates and reports that include glorious images and stories about real people met along the way. Grade Level:  Elementary, Middle School Content Area(s):  History & Social Studies (Geography & Cultures)
  • Read Across America - Vermilion Parish librarian, AnneGuilbeaux, will be presenting with the originator of Looney Lobster this year at a National Reading Conference in Florida!
  • Virtual Field Trips

  • Virtual Tours - World, Museums, Exhibits, Special Areas of Interest and the US Government

  • Virtual Field Trips

  • One Sky, Many Voices - These four and eight week inquiry-based projects use technology to help middle school students learn environmental science locally and via interactions with peers and resources worldwide. Kids as Global Scientists Weather '98 runs February through March and Shared Air '98 runs in May.    Grade Level:  Middle School  Content Area(s):  Science (Earth Science)   Application type(s):  Project

  • ThinkQuest Junior Contest - This Junior version of the popular ThinkQuest contest is for girls and boys in grades 4 through 6. Coached by their teachers, teams build Web-based educational materials for their age group and submit them for evaluation. The best entries will win prizes for students, coaches, and schools. Sponsored by Advanced Network & Services, Inc. and supported by Global SchoolNet Foundation.    Grade Level: Elementary Content Area(s): Technology (Web Development), Technology (Internet)

  • The Journey North - This annual Internet-based adventure engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. Students predict the arrival of spring from half a world away. From the Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project. Grade Level:  Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School Content Area(s):  Science (Environmental Studies, Life Science), English (Writing)    Application type(s):  Project, Lesson

  • Internet Projects curriculum based projects

  • InvestSmart - Developed by students for the ThinkQuest competition, this site includes basics, lessons, a simulation, and examples. In the interactive stock market simulation, each "player" is given $100,000 to invest in over 5,000 companies. Other features include easy setup for classes or investment clubs, a "Group Directory" view of each student portfolio, research capability of stocks, benchmark of each portfolio, and helpful set up tips for classes from 20 to100 students. Grade Level: Middle School, High School, College, Adult/Professional Content Area(s):  Business (Finance), History & Social Studies (Economics)

  • Headbone Derby - recently announced its schedule of Internet challenges, called the Headbone Derby. Students can take part in derbies related to democracy, ecology, and technology inventions.

  • Collaboration in the Classroom and Over the Internet

  • GOALS-Global Online Adventure Learning - where students of all ages are invited to communicate on-line with explorers. Interactive!

  • Adventure Online

  • Virtual Galapagos - A TerraQuest event for the classroom.

  • Email Projects Home Page

  • Global SchoolNet Foundation

  • International Education Resource Network (I*EARN)

  • Internet Projects Registry

  • KIDLINK/KIDPROJ

  • Online Class

  • Electronic Emissary

  • Judi Harris' Network-Based and Web-based Educational Activity Collection

  • Quest, The NASA K-12 Internet Initiative Page

  • NASA SpaceLink

  • NASA SeaWiFS Projects--including the Jason and Ocean Planet Projects

  • Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man

  • Cap Web, AGuide to the U.S. Congress

  • Letters From an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War

  • The Nine Planets

  • The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation

  • The New South Polar Times

  • Sea World/Busch Gardens Animal Information Database

  • Volcano World

  • WeatherNet

  • Project Lokahi -- A useful site for teachers who are interested in implementing a global Internet project. Features Project Lokahi which has 20 participants from different parts of the world. Includes a description, goals, timeline, results of the project, photo gallery, and a site that includes the steps in implementing a global Internet project.

  • Mission: Critical -- Self-paced interactive tutorial for critical thinking. Introduce your students to the basic concepts of logic. Immediate reinforcement to a series of increasingly complex exercises is provided after each right or wrong answer Audience: 7-12 students, college students, teachers Content Area(s): Education (General/Other), Mathematics (Logic and Language)

  • TalkCity Education Center (TCEC) -- useful resource materials, lesson ideas, and Web Pals for your class from this new online education forum. Click into one of the many EduCenter offerings, like Youth Online, or Parent Chat, or the EduCenter Journal, the official publication of TCEC Audience: K-6 students, 7-12 students, teachers 

  • KidNews -- News presented by students

  • JASON Project -- A resource for electronic field trip opportunities

  • Kids on Campus -- Online educational resources for students

  • Turner Educational Services -- The folks of CNN NEWSROOM have gone into the electronic field trip business in a big way.

  • National Geographic Online -- Watch for some of their electronic field trips

  • Janet's Journal

  • ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology - E-mail for information at AskERIC@ericir.syr.edu

  • CU-SeeMe Schools Directory -- CU-SeeMe videoconferencing

  • Puppetools -- Students love puppets! Supported by K-College teachers who use puppets in their classrooms, this site includes copies of puppets plans to print out and create, and an online course on the use of Puppetools, research, and product catalogue. See how to use puppets as part of your curriculum. K-12