Projects and Great Ideas for Teachers

Earth Day Grocery Project - Join over 1000 schools who get their local grocery store to donate brown paper bags.  The students then put Earth Day messages on the bags so that they can be handed out to customers at the grocery store on Earth Day in April

CIESE Internet Projects - Projects that emphasize science and data collection.

GEOGAME  ( Then follow the link to GLOBAL SCHOOL HOUSE )- a terrific way for students to utilize atlases,almanacs, encyclopedias and books - join in anytime.

Global School Network - Visit the project registry and find the perfect internet project! 

Project Center - Houghton Mifflin Project Center - Projects are updated regularly in the areas of Reading, Math, Social Studies, Science, Online Projects, and Key Pal Exchanges.  Grade level is indicated

Enchanted Learning - Neat ideas for elementary students.  You will find interesting things about a few countries, birds, dinosaurs, and other topics of interest to students.

Elementary Problem of the Week - Try these math problems on for size. Lots of other resources at this site as well.

ePALS - is the world's largest online classroom community, connecting over 2.8 million students and teachers through 38,219 profiles. Members from over 65,000 classrooms in 182 countries use our free online collaborative technology.

Virtual Field Trips -If you have a hankering to get out into the field but just don't have the time to jet over to Mount Kilimanjaro or trek into the Nambib Desert, this collection of Virtual Field Trips may be the ticket. Visitors...embark on a well-organized journey through a series of well-written and well illustrated web pages. The site...is clear and informative without being oversimplified. ...easy to navigate through the various field guides.

Virtual Field Trips II - A great site with trips around the world!

Explorer Hall of Fame - Choose an explorer from the list

Passageways for Young Explorers - Click the "Explorer's Index" tab, then choose an explorer from the list

Reference Desk - Get to Grolier Online, Nettrekker and iConn Discovering Collection