Elementary Projects and Resources

Links Verified on 1/3/2018

1. 100th Day of School - ideas from Enchanted Learning
2. 100th Day of School Activities - from Mathwire
3. 100th Day of School Printables - from ABC Teach
4. @rt Junction - structured virtual environment within which teachers and students can pursue artistic and educational goals through the activities, projects, and resources offered through this site
5. Celebrate the 100th Day of School - ideas from Scholastic
6. Celebrate the 100th Day of School - from Read Write Think
7. Check sheets from Project Based Learning - Creating guidelines can be time-consuming, so PBL has made a way for you to do it in no time! To make a project checklist for your students, first choose the grade level for the type of project you want your students to do.
8. Chocolate Projects - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lesson plans, chocolate tours and history information, and chocolate web games, including Name that Candy bar.
9. Collaborative Internet Projects - all the projects offer valuable information for planning your own project [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
10. Creative Country Reports created by Rachel Murphy, 6th grade teacher. Some good ideas on putting together a report on a state or country. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
11. Doing Internet Research at the Elementary Level - Edutopia blog by Mary Beth Hertz
12. Easy Creative iPad Projects for Elementary Students - This presentation shares project examples, app suggestions, and management tips for creatively and effectively using iPads as a part of the Elementary Classroom.
13. Eduweb Adventures - Art, Science, History and Geography- interactive site that lets children create their own art projects online, go undercover to expose illegal trade of tiger parts, time travel to the Renaissance, design space stations and many other exciting activities.
14. eThemes - index of project ideas categorized by grade level
15. How to Create a Virtual Tour - Welcome to this tour-within-a-tour! Here, you'll learn all the exciting ways to create, edit, enhance, and otherwise beautify and perfect your Virtual Tour. Dive in! [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
16. How to Integrate Technology - Successful technology integration is more than just getting the tools into the classroom; here are some ideas on how to engage students and enliven your lessons with those tools.
17. Instructional Uses of the Internet for Elementary Age Students - large variety of suggestions [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
18. Internet Field Trips are guided tours to the best of classroom-appropriate Web sites. Each field trip provides quick suggestions for using targeted Web sites to teach a specific topic. Within each area you'll find field trips in an alphabetical list of the following topics: Children's Literature, Language Arts, K-2, Math , Science, and Social Studies. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
19. Landmarks for Schools - This web site is dedicated to the idea that Information will be the raw material that drives the 21st century, and that today's students should be learning to build with information.
20. Photo Sources - collection of dozens of places to find free photos to incorporate into school projects
21. Pics4Learning - a categorized list of photos found in the Pics4Learning photographic library collection.
22. Pop-Ups - Create your own pop-up cards with these step-by-step directions from Joan Irvine.
23. Projects - an index of articles about student projects at Education World
24. Scholastic provides an index of all of their on-line projects at this site.
25. School Gardens - Gardens are being integrated into the educational curriculum to teach children not only about plants, nature, and the outdoors, but other subjects as well. If you are considering this excellent way to promote project based learning (K-12) go here to find information on what others are doing. Other ideas on school gardens from the University of California [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
26. Science Learning Network - Join the educators in their ongoing collaborative projects. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
27. Weaving The Internet Through Your Elementary Literacy Curriculum
28. Virtual Field Trips - an Internet4Classrooms collection of virtual field trips