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= **A collaborative project is intended to allow interested** = = **individuals (students and teachers) at different institutions** = =** to collaborate on research projects / activities in a meaningful way. ** =


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 * National Geographic**
 * Education World**

[|**http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC**] This project allows students from around the world to list and describe local and national holidays and festivals. Some of the listings offer recipes, historical backgrounds, how the holidays are observed, as well as activities related to the holiday or festival.
 * Multi Cultural Calendar**


 * EPALS- Where Learners Connect**
 * Internet Projects Registry**
 * http://www.globalschoolhouse.org/GSH/pr/
 * This website offers many collaborative projects for all ages. The site allows you to navigate and find projects that pertain to your grade level.

http://www.k12science.org/noonday/ This project attempts to combine mathematics and science. Students from around the world will measure their shadow lengths and report them back to the site. This will be used to determine the circumferance of the Earth. This is a good project for my students because our curriculum uses this very lesson to explain how we know the earth is round. It begins in March this year and ends in April 2008.
 * The Noon Day Project**

http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/projects/projects.html This is an online ecology project involving kids from all over the world. Some of the projects are completed and some of them are ongoing. There are several to choose from on this site.
 * Kid’s Ecology Projects Around the World**

http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic1.htm This trip will allow students to work collaboratively while traveling from the east coast to the west coast while using their knowledge of decimals as it relates to money to create a budget.
 * Math Forum -Trip Itinerary**

http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/drainproj In an age of thinking “Green” and protecting the environment, many teachers are focusing attention on this subject. This collaborative activity asks the question, How much water do you consume? With overviews, activities, graphics and technology all easily accessed, students can easily learn about a serious topic facing our global community. (High School)
 * Down The Drain (How much water do you use?)**

[|**Seasonal Changes Through Our Eyes and Yours**] http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/Seasons/home.htm
 * Take a tree, some sun, the seasons, and the temperature. Mix in the use of technology and extension activities. Add a roomful of smiles with a fun kind of learning and you've got the perfect recipe for a successful and motivating project in which students collect and share information with another class about their environment.****The Sun Times – The Global Sun Temperature Project**

http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/tempproj3/en Collaboration with schools and students outside ones immediate area is one of the most exciting elements of the site. After registering on this free site, students engage in a science lesson about the sun with other students via the web. Project are to be completed, discussion heard, and ideas shared with peers. Geared toward a high school level, students are even given a time line with which to schedule their assignments. (Middle School)
 * The Sun Times – The Global Sun Temperature Project**

http://pcboe.net/webquest/noahsark/index.htm This site will allow students to work together to discover information about various animals and their habitats. (Second Grade)
 * Noah’s Ark**

http://www.jason.org/public/home.aspx The JASON Project is a nonprofit subsidiary of the National Geographic Society, JASON connects young students with great explorers and great events to inspire and motivate them to learn science. Its core curriculum units are designed for 5th – 8th grade classrooms but are flexible enough to be adapted for higher or lower grades. Project changes yearly, this year, 2007 they take on “Monster Storms”. This is a great collaborative project, but it does take some teacher time. Meaning a seminar to prepare and demonstrate the yearly task. I do believe some counties/districts give credit and even fund this. (Intermediate)
 * The JASON Project**

http://www.gsn.org/gsh/pr/search.cfm (Look under # 7 M&M Data Survey) In M&M Data Survey, students will collect data concerning the color of M&M's. Data information will be shared. Data can be used to construct graphs and charts, students can look at the shape of data by finding the mean, mode, range, etc. Students in my class would use this information to identify mean, median, mode, and fractions to wholes. (3rd Grade)
 * //M & M Data Survey//**

[|http://www.uwm.edu/~caberg/mtp5/10sleep] Allows students to record and compare sleep patterns and number of hours of sleep. There is also accommodations for comparison of daily activities given various amounts and patterns of sleep.
 * Are you getting enough Sleep**

http://www.elementaryworkshop.org/Students/Daffodils/Daffodilprojectindex.html Students from around the world plant daffodil and tulip bulbs the same week in November. They then share information online such as temperature, longitude, and latitude. When the flowers bloom, they share that information as well.
 * The Daffodil and Tulip Project**

http://www.kidlink.org/english/general/intro.html Students collaborate and network with other students around the world on specific questions. The goal is to get students to communicate their responses to specific questions from various points of interests based on the culture. This allows students to share views on issues that are relevant and build on experiences that shape their responses.
 * Kidlink**

http://www.nationalmathtrail.org/ Students create math problems based on mathematics they find in their neighborhood, community, etc. Students are able to share their math problems with others in the U.S. I would use this poject to teach real-life problem solving, as well to promote higher level thinking. Rather than simply answering questions, students will have to find and create questions of their own.
 * The National Math Trail**

[|http://yn.la.ca.us/eratosthenes/welcome.html] Students all over the globe measure the shadow cast by the sun. Then, they share this data and calculate the Earth’s circumference. This is a great introduction to how data can be globally collected and analyzed through the scientific method.
 * Eratosthenes Project**