Correspond
Prepare a communication locally then send it to others. They respond, and the process continues.
Grades: K-12
Ongoing? Yes
This site allows students to work collaboratively with scientists to track animal migrations. Here, students will find plenty of information to keep them challenged and motivated to become more aware of the planet's ecosystems.
Grades: 6-12
Ongoing? Yes
Students from developing countries pair up with their peers in industrialized countries for culturally and academically rich e-mail exchange and telecollaboration. The site is available in English, Spanish, and French.
Grades: 1-5
Ongoing? Yes
Students in one school draw a monster, describe it using words, and e-mail their description (not the picture) to a partner school. The partner school then must redraw the partner, based on the descriptive text. Then, the two images (the original and the redrawn one) are compared! Your students will enjoy comparing the original and redrawn images...and will likely see the importance of good descriptive writing.
Grades: 3-12
Ongoing? Yes
Learn about Canada's "national telecommunications project linking urban and rural First Nations and non-Native
students and teachers via the Internet." The purpose of this project is to discover Canada's heritage and raise the self-esteem of participating students.
Compete
Register to participate, then do an activity locally. Submit completed work by a deadline, then receive feedback.
Grades: 3-6
Ongoing? Yes
Project participants learn geography terms, learn how to interpret maps, and develop their awareness of geographic and cultural diversity by playing on- and off-line geography "games."
Grades: Adult
Ongoing? Yes
Which is more dangerous: science or religion? That is the current question in the Great American Think-Off, in which ordinary people submit essays on philosophical issues to compete for the title of "America's Greatest Thinker."
Grades: 6-12
Ongoing? No
Students participate in current events competitions and a "live" online game show (thanks to Internet Relay Chat software). The site offers clear, week-by-week directions for participants.
Comprehend
Locate online resources, then make primarily local use of them.
Grades: 2-6
You and your students can catch tiger poachers, capture escaped tigers, select ideal tiger habitats and more in these fun, interactive, multidisciplinary simulations.
Grades: K-12
Teachers will find examples, templates, evaluation rubrics, and research articles to help them develop WebQuests, which are focused, task-oriented Internet scavenger hunts that require students to apply the knowledge they find.
Collect, Share & Compare
Create something locally, then add it to a group of similarly-created works, combined to form a centrally-located collection.
Grades: K-12
Ongoing? Yes
As the title implies, this project invites youngsters from all over to report prices on various grocery store items. Students can then compare their data with that of people in other areas, and even in other years. (The project is in its eleventh year!) This is a well-conceived project that helps students better see their role in the real world.
Grades: 3-12
Ongoing? Yes
This monthly e-zine features stories written by kids for kids. Topics include family, gender, government, art, and education issues (and much more!).
Grades: K-12
Ongoing? Yes
Want to publish your students' poetry? You've found the place here! This site contains hundreds of poems, organized by type (e.g., rhyming, haiku, acrostic, etc.). You'll also enjoy the lesson plans and poetry links found here.
Grades: K-12
Ongoing? Yes
This project asks students: What are your dreams... for yourself, your family, your community, your world? The website gives students a place to publish their dreams in the form of poems, stories, and simple reflections.
Grades: 3-12
Ongoing? Yes
Students around the world report the boiling point of water in their locale. Once there's a large enough sample size, visitors will be able to see relationships between boiling point, elevation, and a number of other factors. This is a solid example of multi-disciplinary (as well as multi-participant!) learning.
Grades: 3-8
Ongoing? Not Sure
Students around the country tally and graph the production year of pennies still circulating in their communities. Students then try to answer these two questions: Which coins are the most common? Which coins are the most scarce?
Grades: 3-12
Ongoing? Not Sure
Students follow protocols to study the biomes in their communities, then submit their findings to the website for publication.
Chain
Do an activity locally, create records of that activity, then send something on so that the next group can do something similar.
Grades: 1-8
Ongoing? Yes
Travel buddies are stuffed animal "ambassadors" from schools who travel to other schools as a cultural exchange. Click here for sample Travel Buddies projects.
Grades: 2-12
Ongoing? Yes
Students across North America record their first monarch butterfly sightings of the season, then submit the data to the website so that others can track the species' seasonal migration. Challenge questions and field notes from scientists enrich students' learning.
Come Along
Shadow others as they travel either physically or cognitively, perhaps communicating briefly in the process.
Grades: K-12
Ongoing? Yes
Through e-mail, chats, photos and journal entries, students become virtual companions to travellers in South Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean, America, South America, Asia, and the Black Sea nations. This is a well-designed site that students will find easy to navigate and motivated to explore.
Grades: 4-8
Ongoing? Yes
Weekly labs, question/answer sessions with experts, and online resources help students explore life and earth science on a virtual field trip to Antarctica.
Collaborate
Work with remotely-located others to realize a common goal.
Grades: 3-12
Ongoing? No
Inuktitut for "Our Land," Nunavut is a newly-autonomous territory for the Inuit people of Canada. This project calls for students to design a government for this new territory. Internet links to resources help students write their report. The site asks students to submit the report to the Nunavut Implementation Commission.
Grades: K-12
Ongoing? No
Sponsored by well-known organizations such as NASA and the National Endowment for the Arts, this project asks student teams to design a colony on Mars. The site contains downloadable participation guides, overview documents, and listserv information.
Grades: K-12
Ongoing? Yes
This is a great launching pad for social action projects for youth. Here you'll find discussion lists, action tools, and project announcements.To Virtual Architecture Index