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There are 416 projects in the Collaboratory created between July 1, 2007, and now. Some of these projects have been repeated in the classroom with students for one or more years. Others are new and have never been used. Some were developed only for testing or to "try out" what it is like to create a project in the Collaboratory. |
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Brief Description: as;LKDGFJHA;SLKDFJA;SLDKFJ Annual Rebecca Caudill Book Club
Brief Description: The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites students in grades 4-8 students to participate in the ANNUAL REBECCA CAUDILL INTERNET BOOK CLUB. Students will take a survey on their favorite kinds of books and learn about the nominees. They will then submit reviews of the books they have read and discuss them with one another. Finally, they will vote on their favorite book for the yearly award. VIRTUAL BOOK REVIEW DIGEST
Brief Description: Students will work during Spanish, library and computer lab time searching books in Spanish, learn to cite the book, write a review and post their final project on the collaboratory. Copy of 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Squirrel Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the populations and activities of squirrels around your school that will help scientists learn more about squirrels in Illinois. 8th Grade Online Quarterly Book Review
Brief Description: Students will select books independently and write responses about the literature they are reading. They will write book reviews about independent reading books and participate in discussions regarding other students' book reviews. Improving A Healthy Lifestyle
Brief Description: we will encourage a healthier family lifestyle based on hygiene, food choice, food availability, and exercise Pulsar Search Collaboratory - NCHS
Brief Description: This project will involve high school students from West Virginia and surrounding states in the search for new pulsars. Library
Brief Description: Students in grades 3-8 will continue the previous assignment of stretching a sentence. Students in grades Pre-K through 2 will discuss rules for the library, listening skills, and review/learn parts of a book. Christmas
Brief Description: Christmas is celebrated in different ways in the world. Christmas
Brief Description: Project about Christmas. Copy of What I Am Most Thankful For 2007
Brief Description: The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites all K-12 students to participate in WHAT I AM MOST THANKFUL FOR. Students will use their creativity to write, record and illustrate a story they have authored. They will then share this story with their peers in the rest of the state and discuss each other's essays. Proyecto de Prueba
Brief Description: This a testing project. Winter Vacation
Brief Description: Students will write about their vacations during the winter break Book Conversations
Brief Description: Fifth and sixth grade gifted readers will participate in small group literature discussions. They will take before Book Conversation surveys and after Book Conversation surveys to indicate reading interest in general and genre preference in particular. Chicago Wilderness Mighty Acorns
Brief Description: The Mighty Acorns® program introduces thousands of 4th through 6th graders to nature and conservation stewardship in the Chicagoland area each year through activities based on education, restoration, and exploration Author Study
Brief Description: After reading at least four books by an author of their choice, students will conduct an author study. This project will involve students completing a survey, using the cybrary for research, and creating a web page for an eportfolio. River Trails Book Award
Brief Description: Students will be listening to stories and choosing one to recieve the River Trails Book Award. It includes the use of Collaboratory Surveys, The Internet Book Club and The Nexus Community. A Journey to Imperial Rome Ms Smith
Brief Description: A curriculum unit developed for students in grades 6 - 8 about life in Imperial Rome. 2008 Rebecca Caudill Book Club
Brief Description: Glen Crest Middle School invites Briar Glen students in grades 4 & 5 to participate in the 2008 REBECCA CAUDILL INTERNET BOOK CLUB. Students will take a survey on their favorite kinds of books and learn about the nominees. They will then submit reviews of the books they have read and discuss them with one another. Finally, they will vote on their favorite book for the 2008 award. Vote For Me! 08 - Elmhurst
Brief Description: Students will vote for President in the Fall, 2008 Presidential Election. Students will learn about the voting process, the privilege and right to vote by registering and voting for their candidate. Students will review the results by popular vote and by electoral vote. What Do the Numbers Say?
Brief Description: Analysis a public opinion survey poll as well as comparing 2 different polls side by side. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Naperville
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. The effects of food coice on health
Brief Description: The students wii become aware of the effect of their food choices on their health. Art Room Rules
Brief Description: As a class we will come up with a general list of classroom rules to post. The students will then illustrate one of the rules through pictures. Phillips
Brief Description: The Youth Technology Corps technology program teaches teens high level technology skills in computer refurbishing and troubleshooting. Apprentices then share technology and knowledge with their community. Rainbow Lab
Brief Description: Used to practice measuring in metric (using milliliters) Renaissance Art
Brief Description: To increase appreciation for techniques of medieval art by my 7th grade students. They will gain insight into how art developed during the Renaissance period. I Adopt A Virtual Pet - Watch Me Grow
Brief Description: Students participate a multiuser virtual environment by registering their webkinz pets. They learn about self, charater education, and community while meeting kids online from other parts of the world in a safe environment. Songs My Family Taught Me
Brief Description: Classroom teachers, the music teacher, and the tech facilitator will help students identify songs they learned from family members. They will investigate the background of the songs. Brennan's Lincoln Park Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Body Systems
Brief Description: This project will include a study of the ten body systems. http://www.surveymonkey.com/ s.aspx?sm=p53CF31c28yAX1R4MZunpA_3d_3d
Brief Description: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=p53CF31c28yAX1R4MZunpA_3d_3d Cellular structure and function (September 17 - 24)
Brief Description: This project connects the basic information covered about eukaryotic cells last week with the introduction to photosynthesis. Evolution and Biology (September 10 - 17)
Brief Description: This week we will be using the collaboratory to explore how evolution unifies all of biology, as well as continuing our self-reflective work. Interdependence Unit Final Project
Brief Description: This is a project for the students to research real world ecosystems, evaluate the potential effects of offshore drilling, and make a value judgement about whether it should proceed. This will demonstrate their knowledge of ecosystems, as well as have them apply what they have learned about interdependence of species. Introduction to Advanced Biology
Brief Description: This is an introduction for the students to the advanced biology class, and using the collabratory. There are both personal introductions and beginning biology content questions. Japanese Beetles in Illinois
Brief Description: This is a project to get my students speculating on the effects of invasion by a foreign species into an ecosystem. It is also designed to get them used to the collaboratory. Structure and Function
Brief Description: This is designed to have the students work on reviewing the connection between structure and function in every aspect of life. Lesson Plan: Active Use of the First Amendment
Brief Description: This lesson will teach students the content of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and how students can use the First Amendment freedoms to become active in their communities to create change. Lesson Plan: Basic Legal Research
Brief Description: This lesson should be taught after the lesson "How a Bill Becomes a Law". Once students are familiar with how bills are passed, they are ready to learn how to obtain information on specific bills and how to influence the legislative process at the federal, state and local level. Lesson Plan: Campaign Finance Reform: Disclosure versus Limits
Brief Description: This lesson provides an overview of the role money plays in political campaigns, and the increased access that big contributors potentially have to candidates before and after an election. It also addresses basic issues regarding campaign finance reform. Lesson Plan: Campaign Finance: What Role Does Money Play in Government?
Brief Description: This lesson provides an overview of the American election finance process. Lesson Plan: Class Action Lawsuits
Brief Description: This lesson provides an overview of class action lawsuits and the American legal system. Lesson Plan: Consumer and Financial Privacy
Brief Description: In this lesson, students will learn about the different types of personal identification information, how thieves use this information, and what a person can do to protect him/herself. Lesson Plan: Domestic Terrorism
Brief Description: This lesson plan stimulates classroom discussion on the issue of domestic terrorism, political protest, and the First Amendment. The purpose of this exercise is to raise awareness about the crime of domestic terrorism and the effects the broad definition of this crime may have. Lesson Plan: Early and Absentee Voting Procedures
Brief Description: What happens if a person wants to vote in an election but is out of town or cannot make it to his or her polling place on Election Day? How does a person go about voting before Election Day or by absentee ballot? This lesson will explain both who can vote early or via absentee ballot, as well as the procedures for early and absentee voting in the state of Illinois. Lesson Plan: Federal Election Commission
Brief Description: This lesson provides an overview of the Federal Election Commission's structure and its strengths and weaknesses. Lesson Plan: Fifth Amendment: Protection Through Procedure
Brief Description: Lesson explores the meaning of "due process" as discussed in the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and how due process affects students' daily lives. Lesson Plan: Fitness Plan for Democracy
Brief Description: This lesson explores the level of students' involvement in their local communities and in the greater democracy. Lesson Plan: How a Bill Becomes a Law
Brief Description: This lesson provides an overview of how a proposal gets passed into law at the national, state, and municipal levels. Lesson Plan: Illinois Election Law: Mock Election
Brief Description: 1. Investigate Illinois' election laws. 2. Evaluate Illinois' voter registration requirements. 3. Understand the roles and duties of pollwatchers and other election officials. 4. Use a mock election to synthesize these processes and practices. Lesson Plan: Illinois Election Law: Voter Registration
Brief Description: 1. Investigate Illinois' election laws. 2. Evaluate Illinois' voter registration requirements. 3. Use a mock registration drive to synthesize these processes and practices. Lesson Plan: Introduction to Active Citizenship
Brief Description: Before students can become active in their communities, they need a basic overview of the types of participation that citizens engage in. This lesson provides students with an overview of activism in government and communities. It requires students to identify the methods of citizen participation, form and analyze local public policy, and address policy concerns to actual decision-makers in government. Lesson Plan: Judicial Independence
Brief Description: Discuss with students some of the issues the Supreme Court decides, who may have an interest in those cases, and why it is important that the judiciary remain independent from the other branches of government. Lesson Plan: Jury Duty: First-Hand Participation in Government
Brief Description: This lesson provides an overview of the American jury system, and the civic obligation to serve on a jury. Lesson Plan: Making a Difference: What Is a Citizen and What Can Citizens Do?
Brief Description: This lesson gives students an overview of different kinds of citizen participation and requires them to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of those methods. Students then get to actively participate and share their experiences with their classmates. Lesson Plan: Music Censorship (First Amendment Rights)
Brief Description: This lesson plan will compel class discussion regarding censorship, particularly in the music industry, and the First Amendment. Lesson Plan: Politics and the Media
Brief Description: Lesson to be used after Young Citizens and Media Access Lesson plan. Lesson best used prior to elections. Students evaluate how the broadcast media is a central component to democracy. Lesson Plan: Post 9/11 Due Process: The Patriot Act
Brief Description: This lesson plan stimulates classroom discussion on issues of security and civil liberties. The purpose of this exercise is to get students to understand that the line between liberty and security is not always clear, and that liberty and security are largely dependent on one another. Lesson Plan: The Bill of Rights
Brief Description: Students will explore and understand the words and practical implications of the Bill of Rights. Lesson Plan: The Budget Game
Brief Description: This lesson provides an overview of how state and local government bodies maintain a budget, and the difficult decisions public officials have to make. Lesson Plan: The Fourth Amendment
Brief Description: This lesson explores the meaning and application of the 4th Amendment of the United States Constitution utilizing the Supreme Court case New Jersey v. T.L.O. Lesson Plan: The Illinois Ethics Act
Brief Description: This lesson will introduce some of the main provisions in the Illinois Ethics Act and allow students to act as the Ethics commission in determining whether fact patterns result in a violation of the Act. Lesson Plan: The Illinois Freedom of Information Act
Brief Description: Students will learn what kind of information held by government agencies is considered public information, and how to practically use and access public information through the Illinois Freedom of Information Act to further community involvement. Lesson Plan: The Illinois Open Meetings Act: Democracy and Open Government
Brief Description: An essential component to living in a democracy is citizen participation and open government. In this lesson students will learn about and use an essential tool to of democracy, the Illinois Open Meetings Act, and will be able to use it in a practical application. Lesson Plan: The Preamble: A Plan for a Country
Brief Description: This lesson explores the purpose of the Preamble to the United States Constitution, and asks students to create their own Preamble. Lesson Plan: Third Party Presidential Candidates
Brief Description: The lesson provides an introduction to third-party candidate barriers to access the Presidential ballot. Lesson Plan: Voir Dire (Jury Selection)
Brief Description: This lesson plan provides and overview of the voir dire process (jury selection), and set up an activity that mirrors jury selection for a criminal trial. Lesson Plan: Voter Disenfranchisement
Brief Description: This lesson plan stimulates classroom discussion on the issue of voter disenfranchisement. The purpose of this exercise is to raise awareness of voter disenfranchisement. Lesson Plan: Voter Identification Laws
Brief Description: This lesson provides an overview of different types of voter identification laws. In addition, students will engage in debates for and against voter identification laws. Lesson Plan: Voting Systems: What Is Fair?
Brief Description: This lesson explores the plurality, cumulative and instant run-off voting systems and asks students to evaluate the pros and cons of each voting system and which one best represents citizens in a democracy. Lesson Plan: Who Represents You In The Government?
Brief Description: Many students know that citizens elect representatives to represent the public's interest in government, but few students actually know who their representatives are, or which representative to go to when they have a question, issue or cause. Students learn and contact many of their representatives. Lesson Plan: Young Citizens and Media Access
Brief Description: Students will learn the influence, types, roles, and importance of various media in regards to the media's effect on politics and our society. Lesson Plan: Young Citizens and Television Broadcasters
Brief Description: Does the public know more about the characters in "Lost" than what is happening in their own community? This lesson asks students to survey local broadcast television coverage and analyze programming broadcast to the public. Lesson Plan: Young Voters & Civic Participation
Brief Description: Most individuals fail to participate in their communities because they feel like they do not have anything to add, they do not think that their voice matters, or that they will look stupid. This lesson aims to show students that they have a voice, and that an organized student voice can be powerful. Even if students are not old enough to vote, they can still participate in their local communities in many ways. This lesson will demonstrate the myriad of manners of civic participation, and will demonstrate a successful grass roots organizing strategy. Lesson Plan: Youth Movement
Brief Description: This lesson provides an overview of six youth movements in American History, as well as each movement's methods for political and social change. zMorganParkAcademy Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Fairchild Challenge Option # 7 Civic Engagement: iVOTE! - Lakes Community
Brief Description: YOUR CHALLENGE: Let your voice be heard! Participate in iVOTE!, a project developed by Northwestern University's Collaboratory to empower Illinois students to engage in the democratic process. Earn points by; designing, implementing, and reporting the results of on-line opinion surveys; creating a multimedia feature article; and participating in a virtual primary election on February 5, 2008. Student Podcasts
Brief Description: Students will brainstorm, write, record and edit a 2-minute podcast. The content can be humorous, critical or informative and needs to include 3 or more intesting facts. My fifth grade class will brainstorm, write, record and edit 2-minute podcasts. These products should demonstrate the 6 +1 traits of writing. iVOTE! Bridging the Gap - Lincoln Middle School
Brief Description: iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth ages 14 to 18 to vote by using the Collaboratory, a web-based collaborative environment, to explore ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Bill of Rights
Brief Description: Students will be studying the bill of rights, they will need to examine one amendment and make a personal connection to it. curr map
Brief Description: create curriculum map Changing the way we live
Brief Description: The purpose of this project is to raise awareness about a healthy lifestyle. Copy of A Day in Our Neighborhood 05/23/07
Brief Description: The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites all K-12 students to participate in the second annual A Day in Our Neighborhood Project. This year's focus is on learning more about different communities in our State and sharing information collected on an interactive map. Biographies--The difference in Information!
Brief Description: You have read a biography of an important person. Now you will read and locate information about that person in the GC online databases. Internet Detective
Brief Description: Use the Internet Detective tutorial to learn how to evaluate internet sources for research. IPS Science: HDL questions
Brief Description: These are a copy of the questions found in the text book. Life at Home during the War
Brief Description: World War II required commitment and sacrifice from ALL Americans. As American soldiers, sailors and airmen risked their lives overseas, people at home made sacrifices to help the war effort. Students will use a variety of resources to research information about the World War II Home Front. Students will outline the information they find in a graphic organizer. Students will apply their knowledge by creating a persuasive newsletter. Projects will be posted and shared in MediaSpace. This project will culminate with a PowerPoint presentation of the World War II Home Front activities.They will be able to relate these Home Front activities to ways in which citizens can help in our current War on Terrorism. Miscellaneous - War Blogs
Brief Description: Link to war blogs Book 3 - Character Trait Diagram
Brief Description: Book reports Book Report 10- Concentration
Brief Description: book report Book Report 11- What did you learn?
Brief Description: Book Report Book Report 12- Glossary and Word Search
Brief Description: Book Report Book Report 13- In the News!
Brief Description: Book report Book Report 14- Create a Comic Book
Brief Description: Book Report Book Report 15- Characters Come to Life!
Brief Description: Book Report Book Report 16- Character Trait Chart
Brief Description: Book Report Book Report 17- Theme Report
Brief Description: Book report Book Report 4- Write a Letter to the Author
Brief Description: book report Book Report 5-Sell It!
Brief Description: book report Book Report 6-Create a Card Catalog
Brief Description: Book report Book Report 7- Interview a Character
Brief Description: Book report Book Report 8- Ten Facts
Brief Description: book report Book Report 9- Script It!
Brief Description: book report BR 1 -BOOK REVIEW
Brief Description: STUDENTS WILL SUMMARIZE THEIR READINGS BR 2-COMPARE CHARACTERS
Brief Description: Create a book report. Descrptive Writing
Brief Description: Introduction of students LA _ A Time of Angels
Brief Description: Letter to Klaus from Hannah. LA-CHARLEY SKEDDADLE
Brief Description: WRITTEN REPORTS ON THE NOVEL. Maus
Brief Description: Literature circles are a great way to get students talking about books, to improve student skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening, and to promote critical thinking. MSA 1
Brief Description: Extended Response MSA 2
Brief Description: Extended Response MSA-ACE132
Brief Description: EXTENDED RESPONSE SP-COMPARING SETS OF DATA
Brief Description: STUDENST COMPARE TWO BOX PLOT USING DISTRIBUTION AND VARIABILITY CONCEPTS. SP-DISTRIBUTION
Brief Description: EXTENDED RESPONSE SP-SAMPLING POPULATION
Brief Description: EXTENDED RESPONSE SP-STATISTICS
Brief Description: STUDENTS CREATE A SET OF DATA TO FIND THE MEAN AND MEDIAN WEEK 1-TELL ME ABOUT YOU!!
Brief Description: STUDENTS WRITE VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT THEMSELVES. 2008 Illinois Youth Summit
Brief Description: The Illinois Youth Summit is an annual opportunity for over 1,200 high school students from across the state to identify, explore, and act on current issues affecting youth and to work with community leaders and policymakers to address related public policy issues. iVOTE! '08 - Project Citizen eCourse
Brief Description: In this eCourse, you will learn how to use the Collaboratory to participate in Project Citizen as part of the iVOTE! '08 initiative. The goal of iVOTE! is to encourage Illinois youth to vote by helping them bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Project Citizen participants are invited to be a part of iVOTE! '08 with their projects. You will take and analyze a short opinion poll and see how a Cybrary can be used to share links to useful information. Then you will create, share, and discuss a short document on an issue that interests you. At the end of this eCourse, you will copy an iVOTE! '08 Project Citizen project that you can use with your class and create accounts for your students. iVOTE! '08 is supported by a grant from the McCormick Tribune foundation. iVOTE! '08 - Project Citizen Template
Brief Description: Project Citizen is a service-learning/public policy program for middle school students. This project uses Collaboratory resources to guide and support students through developing a public policy solution to a problem students have identified and creating an action plan to address this problem. At each step you will find helpful Collaboratory tools for researching, recording, reporting, and further implementing the project. Viruses
Brief Description: Virus J Clark Copy of Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Magis Portfolio
Brief Description: The Magis Portfolio is intended to assist students with integrating the experiential and academic components of the Justice Seminar. ENERGY: Political and Renewable
Brief Description: This project investigates the facts and figures of today's energy situation as well as the stances of several presidential candidates on that issue. Fairchild Challenge Option # 7 Civic Engagement: iVOTE! - Lake Forest
Brief Description: YOUR CHALLENGE: Let your voice be heard! Participate in iVOTE!, a project developed by Northwestern University's Collaboratory to empower Illinois students to engage in the democratic process. Earn points by; designing, implementing, and reporting the results of on-line opinion surveys; creating a multimedia feature article; and participating in a virtual primary election on February 5, 2008. Prolotherapy
Brief Description: Review relavent surface anatomy and technique for teaching prolotherapy to Physicians and residents. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Champaign
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. Fairchild Challenge Option TEST
Brief Description: YOUR CHALLENGE: Let your voice be heard! Participate in iVOTE!, a project developed by Northwestern University's Collaboratory to empower Illinois students to engage in the democratic process. Earn points by; designing, implementing, and reporting the results of on-line opinion surveys; creating a multimedia feature article; and participating in a virtual primary election on February 5, 2008. Creative Writing--Stranded on an island
Brief Description: A pre-reading activity as we get ready to read an excerpt from 'Island of the Blue Dolphins'. Book Conversations
Brief Description: Fifth and sixth grade gifted readers will participate in small group literature discussions. They will take before Book Conversation surveys and after Book Conversation surveys to indicate reading interest in general and genre preference in particular. NET project
Brief Description: This is to create standards *TAH Module One Part A: Freedom's Experiment - Project
Brief Description: This is a survey and study of the most enduring themes, problems, and crises in American history from the beginnings to the Civil War. Emphasis will be placed upon five significant social and political themes. A Day in Our Neighborhood (2008)
Brief Description: The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites all K-12 students to participate in the annual A Day in Our Neighborhood Project. The project's focus is on learning more about different communities and sharing information collected on an interactive map. iVOTE! '08 - Primary Election Project
Brief Description: In this iVOTE! '08 project for the primary election in February, students will learn what issues matter most to participants, advocate for a candidate they feel can best address an issue that concerns them, vote in the iVOTE '08 Primary Election and review the election results. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. iVOTE! '08 - Project Citizen eCourse
Brief Description: In this eCourse, you will learn how to use the Collaboratory to participate in Project Citizen as part of the iVOTE! '08 initiative. The goal of iVOTE! is to encourage Illinois youth to vote by helping them bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Project Citizen participants are invited to be a part of iVOTE! '08 with their projects. You will take and analyze a short opinion poll and see how a Cybrary can be used to share links to useful information. Then you will create, share, and discuss a short document on an issue that interests you. At the end of this eCourse, you will copy an iVOTE! '08 Project Citizen project that you can use with your class and create accounts for your students. iVOTE! '08 is supported by a grant from the McCormick Tribune foundation. The Collaboratory's Scariest Stories 2007
Brief Description: WARNING: The contents of this project may be scary. The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project, in partnership with the Illinois State Board of Education, invite all Illinois K-12 students to participate in THE COLLABORATORY'S SCARIEST STORIES. Students will use their imagination to write, illustrate and record (optional) a story they have authored. They will then share and discuss their stories with students across the state. Diet, nutrition and health
Brief Description: Survey and analyze current dietary habits of K-2, 3-5 and adults, and develop a promotional campaign to encourge healthier habits. Africa
Brief Description: African Research Wheeling HS Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). April in Paris
Brief Description: This project has students plan and execute a trip to Paris. Body Systems
Brief Description: This project will include a study of the ten body systems. TV, best friend or worst enemy?
Brief Description: This project builds off of a persuasive essay the students wrote for their English as a Second Language class. They will be reviewing their peers' work and making suggestions for improvements. Three Branches of Government
Brief Description: Activities to help students understand the roles and responsibilities of the three branches of the U.S. government. My Improving Espanol
Brief Description: Students will record Spanish exercises 4 times during the year in order to track improvement of their pronunciation and conversation. Voz 9/18
Brief Description: The students will record samples of their speaking abilities throughout the year. This is the first of the six recordings. Pulsar Search Collaboratory-Hurricane High
Brief Description: This project will involve high school students from West Virginia and surrounding states in the search for new pulsars. Where have we been? Where are we now? Where do you think we are going?
Brief Description: This unit will eplore how technology influences society and how the needs of society affect the direction in which technology advances. Students will look at the past and the present and speculate on technology in the future. Math Money
Brief Description: Students will practice real life money management situations in this financial simulation. Christmas
Brief Description: Christmas Activity. Forest Animals and Sea Animals
Brief Description: Carman Buckner school students learn about the differences between sea animals and forest animals. Students compare similarities and differences. Immigration Autobiography
Brief Description: Through research and creativity, the students will be creating the life story of their immigrant in preparation for our Ellis Island simulation. Tell Them We Remember
Brief Description: This project allows students to research, in depth, one aspect of the Holocaust. The final project is an oral presentation to the class. This I Believe
Brief Description: By using famous quotes, listening to others' oral essays, and self reflection you will create a "This I Believe" personal essay. 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Milford
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. 07-08 Book Ratings
Brief Description: Students will be write a brief teaser and critique for their monthly book. They will also rate their books. eCourse: 1. Participating in the Collaboratory (2008 Master-GG)
Brief Description: The Northwestern University Collaboratory is an easy-to-use web-based collaborative learning environment. This project about Chicago sights and landmarks introduces participants to how Collaboratory Projects, Resources and Services can be used to create engaging project-based activities that can be aligned to Illinois Learning Standards. This Project is designed for participants to take on their own and is a prerequisites for "eCourse: 2. Creating and Managing a Project in the Collaboratory." Participants should plan about five hours to complete this project. Vote For Me! 08 - Elmhurst
Brief Description: Students will vote for President in the Fall, 2008 Presidential Election. Students will learn about the voting process, the privilege and right to vote by registering and voting for their candidate. Students will review the results by popular vote and by electoral vote. Kg - Tuneful singing
Brief Description: The kindergarten class will learn tuneful singin Expository Writing Project
Brief Description: Students will be conduct research and produce an expository writing product. Moving to Africa!
Brief Description: Students gather information about a country in Africa to will help them prepare for their family's impending "move" there. They will compare their current life to how it will be once they move. Washington 4th Grade Team
Brief Description: The place for our team to share ideas and document our plans for the future. This will be ongoing throughout the schoolyear. Washington Problem Solvers Club
Brief Description: Washington Problem Solvers is an after school club. Students evaluate provided scenarios and generate lists of potential problems and corresponding solutions. Latin School QSO Project--Erickson(2007)
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Disney Vacation
Brief Description: Students will follow the webquest. Friends Forever
Brief Description: Finale Vocal Recording Cuentos, Cuentos y Más Cuentos
Brief Description: This project involves the writing process of a story that students need to make up. It consists of various stages within and outside the collaboratory. Mi Pequeña Autobiografía
Brief Description: Students in Third grade will write their autobiographies in Spanish. They will learn to access the collaboratory with their account and they will use the nexus community to create a document using the template assigned to write their autobiographies and attach their picture to it. Mi Pequeña Autobiografía 4º
Brief Description: Students in Third grade will write their autobiographies in Spanish. They will learn to access the collaboratory with their account and they will use the nexus community to create a document using the template assigned to write their autobiographies and attach their picture to it. Mi Pequeña Autobiografía 5º
Brief Description: Students in Third grade will write their autobiographies in Spanish. They will learn to access the collaboratory with their account and they will use the nexus community to create a document using the template assigned to write their autobiographies and attach their picture to it. VIRTUAL BOOK REVIEW DIGEST
Brief Description: Students will work during Spanish, library and computer lab time searching books in Spanish, learn to cite the book, write a review and post their final project on the collaboratory. Copy of IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. Songs My Family Taught Me
Brief Description: Classroom teachers, the music teacher, and the tech facilitator will help students identify songs they learned from family members. They will investigate the background of the songs. A Day in Our Neighborhood (2008)
Brief Description: The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites all K-12 students to participate in the annual A Day in Our Neighborhood Project. The project's focus is on learning more about different communities and sharing information collected on an interactive map. all bottled up--impressions of Lake Michigan
Brief Description: all bottled up--impressions of Lake Michigan The Illinois K-3 Monarch Award Internet Book Club
Brief Description: The goal of this project is to enrich and extend the experiences of students while participating through ISLMA in The Monarch Award: Illinois K-3 Childrens Choice Award. It includes the use of Collaboratory Surveys, The Cybrary, The Internet Book Club and The Nexus Community. Template Practice
Brief Description: TBA Lucy Practice Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Squirrel Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the populations and activities of squirrels around your school that will help scientists learn more about squirrels in Illinois. Biochemistry
Brief Description: This week the assignments are to get the students back in the habit of using the collaboratory, and all have direct real-life applications. Cellular structure and function (September 17 - 24)
Brief Description: This project connects the basic information covered about eukaryotic cells last week with the introduction to photosynthesis. Cloning Essay
Brief Description: The question asks the students if they would clone themselves and why. Evolution and Biology (September 10 - 17)
Brief Description: This week we will be using the collaboratory to explore how evolution unifies all of biology, as well as continuing our self-reflective work. Interdependence Unit Final Project
Brief Description: This is a project for the students to research real world ecosystems, evaluate the potential effects of offshore drilling, and make a value judgement about whether it should proceed. This will demonstrate their knowledge of ecosystems, as well as have them apply what they have learned about interdependence of species. Introduction to Advanced Biology
Brief Description: This is an introduction for the students to the advanced biology class, and using the collabratory. There are both personal introductions and beginning biology content questions. Japanese Beetles in Illinois
Brief Description: This is a project to get my students speculating on the effects of invasion by a foreign species into an ecosystem. It is also designed to get them used to the collaboratory. Structure and Function
Brief Description: This is designed to have the students work on reviewing the connection between structure and function in every aspect of life. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Peoria
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. Disney Vacation
Brief Description: Students will follow the webquest. Copy of Lesson Plan: Making a Difference: What Is a Citizen and What Can Citizens Do?
Brief Description: This lesson gives students an overview of different kinds of citizen participation and requires them to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of those methods. Students then get to actively participate and share their experiences with their classmates. Copy of Lesson Plan: Making a Difference: What Is a Citizen and What Can Citizens Do?
Brief Description: This lesson gives students an overview of different kinds of citizen participation and requires them to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of those methods. Students then get to actively participate and share their experiences with their classmates. Copy of Lesson Plan: Making a Difference: What Is a Citizen and What Can Citizens Do?
Brief Description: This lesson gives students an overview of different kinds of citizen participation and requires them to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of those methods. Students then get to actively participate and share their experiences with their classmates. Skokie School and the 3 R's
Brief Description: The 5th grade service learning students will decide how the school could be more environmentally friendly. They will actually put these ideas into action. Professional Development/School Improvement Survey 2008
Brief Description: The Hamilton-Jefferson Counties Professional Development/School Improvement Survey is designed to identify professional development activities desired by teachers . Copy of iVOTE! '08 Election Project
Brief Description: In this iVOTE! '08 project for the national election in November, students will learn what issues matter most to participants, advocate for a candidate they feel can best address an issue that concerns them, vote in the iVOTE '08 National Election and review the election results. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Book Conversations
Brief Description: Fifth and sixth grade gifted readers will participate in small group literature discussions. They will take before Book Conversation surveys and after Book Conversation surveys to indicate reading interest in general and genre preference in particular. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Palos Heights
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. Grosland's Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Chicago Wilderness Mighty Acorns
Brief Description: The Mighty Acorns® program introduces thousands of 4th through 6th graders to nature and conservation stewardship in the Chicagoland area each year through activities based on education, restoration, and exploration Earth Partnership for Schools
Brief Description: Earth Partnership for Schools is a K-12 project and inquiry-based curriculum. Over the course of the school year, students study natural communities in order to design and build a schoolyard habitat. Extended Response
Brief Description: Students will problem solve math problem and explain their response. April in Paris
Brief Description: This project has students plan and execute a trip to Paris. September Institute Day
Brief Description: Practicing teachers learn about various resources in the Collaboratory. What Will Earth Look Like?
Brief Description: Combine lessons about efficient Internet searching, copy right issues and the desire to help endangered species with this project. iVOTE! '08 Election Project
Brief Description: In this iVOTE! '08 project for the national election in November, students will learn what issues matter most to participants, advocate for a candidate they feel can best address an issue that concerns them, vote in the iVOTE '08 National Election and review the election results. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. **TAH Module Two Part A: The Protection of Freedom Project
Brief Description: This is a survey and study of the most enduring themes, problems, and crises in American history from 1877 to Present. Emphasis will be placed upon six significant social and political themes. **TAH Teaching American History Fall 2008 Collaboratory Workshop
Brief Description: This workshop provides an overview of how the Teaching American History (TAH) participants will use the Collaboratory to complete the Module assignments. *TAH Module One Part A: Freedom's Experiment - Project
Brief Description: This is a survey and study of the most enduring themes, problems, and crises in American history from the beginnings to the Civil War. Emphasis will be placed upon five significant social and political themes. 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school and/or home that will help scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Milford
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Milford
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Squirrel Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the populations and activities of squirrels around your school that will help scientists learn more about squirrels in Illinois. 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Squirrel Study - Hadad
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students to collect data on the populations and activities of squirrels around your school that will help scientists learn more about squirrels in Illinois. 2009 IDNR Frog and Toad Study
Brief Description: In this project sponsored by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), students will learn about the anatomy, habitat, life cycle and calls of the frogs and toads of Illinois. They will then visit a water source near their school or home and help scientists learn more about the location and population numbers of these amphibians by identifying their calls, and collecting and reporting data. A Day in Our Neighborhood (2008)
Brief Description: The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites all K-12 students to participate in the annual A Day in Our Neighborhood Project. The project's focus is on learning more about different communities and sharing information collected on an interactive map. Across Chicago
Brief Description: Video penpals Copy of 2007 Rebecca Caudill Book Club
Brief Description: Frederick School in Grayslake, Illinois, and the Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invite all Illinois students in grades 4-8 students to participate in the 2007 REBECCA CAUDILL INTERNET BOOK CLUB. Students will take a survey on their favorite kinds of books and learn about the nominees. They will then submit reviews of the books they have read and discuss them with one another. Finally, they will vote on their favorite book for the 2007 award. Copy of 2007 Rebecca Caudill Book Club
Brief Description: Frederick School in Grayslake, Illinois, and the Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invite all Illinois students in grades 4-8 students to participate in the 2007 REBECCA CAUDILL INTERNET BOOK CLUB. Students will take a survey on their favorite kinds of books and learn about the nominees. They will then submit reviews of the books they have read and discuss them with one another. Finally, they will vote on their favorite book for the 2007 award. Copy of IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study Teacher Workshop
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. Fairchild Challenge Option # 7 Civic Engagement: iVOTE! - New Trier
Brief Description: YOUR CHALLENGE: Let your voice be heard! Participate in iVOTE!, a project developed by Northwestern University's Collaboratory to empower Illinois students to engage in the democratic process. Earn points by; designing, implementing, and reporting the results of on-line opinion surveys; creating a multimedia feature article; and participating in a virtual primary election on February 5, 2008. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Aledo
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Bloomington
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Champaign
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Chicago (Princeton)
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Macon
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Manito
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Naperville
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Palos Heights
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Peoria
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. IVOTE! '08 - eCourse
Brief Description: In this project, you will learn how to use the Collaboratory to participate in the iVOTE! initiative. The goal of iVOTE! is to encourage Illinois youth to vote by helping them bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. You will take and analyze a short opinion poll and see how a Cybrary can be used to share links to useful information. Then you will create, share and discuss a short document on an issue that interests you. At the end of this eCourse, you will copy an iVOTE! project that you can use with your class and create accounts for your students. iVOTE! '08 - Primary Election Project
Brief Description: In this iVOTE! '08 project for the primary election in February, students will learn what issues matter most to participants, advocate for a candidate they feel can best address an issue that concerns them, vote in the iVOTE '08 Primary Election and review the election results. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. iVOTE! '08 - Primary Election Project
Brief Description: In this iVOTE! '08 project for the primary election in February, students will learn what issues matter most to participants, advocate for a candidate they feel can best address an issue that concerns them, vote in the iVOTE '08 Primary Election and review the election results. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. iVOTE! '08 - Project Citizen eCourse
Brief Description: In this eCourse, you will learn how to use the Collaboratory to participate in Project Citizen as part of the iVOTE! '08 initiative. The goal of iVOTE! is to encourage Illinois youth to vote by helping them bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Project Citizen participants are invited to be a part of iVOTE! '08 with their projects. You will take and analyze a short opinion poll and see how a Cybrary can be used to share links to useful information. Then you will create, share, and discuss a short document on an issue that interests you. At the end of this eCourse, you will copy an iVOTE! '08 Project Citizen project that you can use with your class and create accounts for your students. iVOTE! '08 is supported by a grant from the McCormick Tribune foundation. iVOTE! '08 - Project Citizen Template
Brief Description: Project Citizen is a service-learning/public policy program for middle school students. This project uses Collaboratory resources to guide and support students through developing a public policy solution to a problem students have identified and creating an action plan to address this problem. At each step you will find helpful Collaboratory tools for researching, recording, reporting, and further implementing the project. iVOTE! '08: Bridging the Gap between Civic Engagement and Democratic Participation
Brief Description: As the 2008 presidential election approaches, it is important for young people like you to not only discuss what issues concern them, but to research and propose solutions that they feel can make a difference and shape the direction of the campaign. iVOTE! offers you an opportunity to do this in an online collaborative environment where you can share ideas, get feedback and suggestions, and even coordinate activities with other Illinois youth who share your concerns. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. iVOTE! '08: Bridging the Gap between Civic Engagement and Democratic Participation - Hadad
Brief Description: As the 2008 presidential election approaches, it is important for young people like you to not only discuss what issues concern them, but to research and propose solutions that they feel can make a difference and shape the direction of the campaign. iVOTE! offers you an opportunity to do this in an online collaborative environment where you can share ideas, get feedback and suggestions, and even coordinate activities with other Illinois youth who share your concerns. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. iVOTE! '08: Bridging the Gap between Civic Engagement and Democratic Participation - Hoch
Brief Description: As the 2008 presidential election approaches, it is important for young people like you to not only discuss what issues concern them, but to research and propose solutions that they feel can make a difference and shape the direction of the campaign. iVOTE! offers you an opportunity to do this in an online collaborative environment where you can share ideas, get feedback and suggestions, and even coordinate activities with other Illinois youth who share your concerns. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. iVOTE! '08: Bridging the Gap between Civic Engagement and Democratic Participation - Maldonado
Brief Description: As the 2008 presidential election approaches, it is important for young people like you to not only discuss what issues concern them, but to research and propose solutions that they feel can make a difference and shape the direction of the campaign. iVOTE! offers you an opportunity to do this in an online collaborative environment where you can share ideas, get feedback and suggestions, and even coordinate activities with other Illinois youth who share your concerns. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. iVOTE! '08: Bridging the Gap between Civic Engagement and Democratic Participation - Oak Grove
Brief Description: As the 2008 presidential election approaches, it is important for young people like you to not only discuss what issues concern them, but to research and propose solutions that they feel can make a difference and shape the direction of the campaign. iVOTE! offers you an opportunity to do this in an online collaborative environment where you can share ideas, get feedback and suggestions, and even coordinate activities with other Illinois youth who share your concerns. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. iVOTE! Bridging the Gap - Lincoln Middle School
Brief Description: iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth ages 14 to 18 to vote by using the Collaboratory, a web-based collaborative environment, to explore ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. iVOTE! Bridging the Gap - Sacred Heart
Brief Description: iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth ages 15 to 22 to vote by using the Collaboratory, a web-based collaborative environment, to explore ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. iVOTE! Bridging the Gap - Bolingbrook High School
Brief Description: iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth ages 15 to 22 to vote by using the Collaboratory, a web-based collaborative environment, to explore ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. My Unit
Brief Description: This is my unit. NET project
Brief Description: This is to create standards Roxana's Copy of Fairchild Challenge Option # 7 Civic Engagement: iVOTE!
Brief Description: YOUR CHALLENGE: Let your voice be heard! Participate in iVOTE!, a project developed by Northwestern University's Collaboratory to empower Illinois students to engage in the democratic process. Earn points by; designing, implementing, and reporting the results of on-line opinion surveys; creating a multimedia feature article; and participating in a virtual primary election on February 5, 2008. Symposium 2008
Brief Description: Symposium Survey The Collaboratory's Scariest Stories 2007
Brief Description: WARNING: The contents of this project may be scary. The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project, in partnership with the Illinois State Board of Education, invite all Illinois K-12 students to participate in THE COLLABORATORY'S SCARIEST STORIES. Students will use their imagination to write, illustrate and record (optional) a story they have authored. They will then share and discuss their stories with students across the state. The Illinois K-3 Monarch Award Internet Book Club
Brief Description: The goal of this project is to enrich and extend the experiences of students while participating through ISLMA in The Monarch Award: Illinois K-3 Childrens Choice Award. It includes the use of Collaboratory Surveys, The Cybrary, The Internet Book Club and The Nexus Community. Zoocology: Teacher Reflections
Brief Description: Zoocology aims to provide teachers with additional science content knowledge, as well as improve student learning through curriculum and pre-visit and post-visit materials provided by zoo educators. Zoocology: A Day at the Zoo
Brief Description: Through the Zoocology program, Lincoln Park Zoo will offer specialized school science programs for kindergarten through 3rd grade CPS students to help them learn, grow and develop an appreciation of nature and ultimately a sense of stewardship. Read and Succeed
Brief Description: Throughout the 2008 - 2009 school year students will read books from different categories (genres, themes, cultures) and utilize a variety of technology tools to create analytical book reviews, graphical projects, and statistical analysis of Glen Crest reading trends. They will study authors and write letters. In addition, they will participate in discussions about independent reading books and write reflections. The best student work will be featured in an online gallery accessible to all district 89 community members. Copy of IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study Teacher Workshop
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Manito
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Squirrel Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the populations and activities of squirrels around your school that will help scientists learn more about squirrels in Illinois. Copy of Fifth Grade Reading Group Projects
Brief Description: This project will focus on activities related to the novels read in fifth grade. The first one is The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson, followed in the winter by Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White. Quincy High Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Aardvarks
Brief Description: Could be anything. Amazing Pitcher Plants
Brief Description: A rare species that can be found in Illinois bogs, pitcher plants are an indicator of a a healthy ecology. We will track the growth of pitcher plants in Volo Bog. iVOTE! '08: Bridging the Gap between Civic Engagement and Democratic Participation - Hoch
Brief Description: As the 2008 presidential election approaches, it is important for young people like you to not only discuss what issues concern them, but to research and propose solutions that they feel can make a difference and shape the direction of the campaign. iVOTE! offers you an opportunity to do this in an online collaborative environment where you can share ideas, get feedback and suggestions, and even coordinate activities with other Illinois youth who share your concerns. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Interacting Galaxies
Brief Description: Hubble Space Telescope Interacting Galaxies with Max Mutchler. YAAYS
Brief Description: Yerkes Astrophysics Academy for Young Scientists Number the Stars
Brief Description: Students will complete an assignemnt relating to the novel "Number the Stars" and will research the resistence movement in Denmark in WWII. To Be a Slave
Brief Description: Students will explore Julius Lester's book "To Be a Slave" The Friendship by Mildred Taylor
Brief Description: After reading The Land by Mildred Taylor, students will compare and contrast modern life in 21st century Illinois (Chicago) with mid-20th century Mississippi Magis Portfolio
Brief Description: The Magis Portfolio is intended to assist students with integrating the experiential and academic components of the Justice Seminar. Proyecto de prueba
Brief Description: This is a testing project. Election 2008
Brief Description: This project will help us become informed voters and better citizens through researching the 2008 Presidential Candidates and issues. Examining Civil Rights
Brief Description: In this project 8th grade social studies students will examine key aspects of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Immigration History
Brief Description: This project will allow students to explore US immigration history. Memorial Project Contest
Brief Description: One way a society remembers the past is by building monuments and memorials that honor its heroes or commemorate its tragedies. The Bill of Rights
Brief Description: The purpose of this project is to extend your knowledge of the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights from the ideas of the Founding Fathers to the interpretation of the 21st Century Supreme Court. Woman Suffrage--getting the VOTE
Brief Description: This project will allow students to explore Woman Suffrage Primary sources and participate in an online forum discussion on the topic of Woman Suffrage. Day of the Dead
Brief Description: Students will cut papels picado for decorations on Day of the Dead. research--REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Brief Description: STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN A PERSON TO RESEARCH. ALL STEPS INCLUDING NOTE CARDS BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND ORAL PRESENTATION WILL BE FOLLOWED. Copy of IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. Copy of iVOTE! '08 - Fairchild Challenge Option # 7 Civic Engagement
Brief Description: YOUR CHALLENGE: Let your voice be heard! Participate in iVOTE!, a project developed by Northwestern University's Collaboratory to empower Illinois students to engage in the democratic process. Earn points by; designing, implementing, and reporting the results of on-line opinion surveys; creating a multimedia feature article; and participating in a virtual primary election on February 5, 2008. Fairchild Challenge Option # 7 Civic Engagement: iVOTE! - Antioch
Brief Description: YOUR CHALLENGE: Let your voice be heard! dont Participate in iVOTE!, a project developed by Northwestern University's Collaboratory to empower Illinois students to engage in the democratic process. Earn points by; designing, implementing, and reporting the results of on-line opinion surveys; creating a multimedia feature article; and participating in a virtual primary election on February 5, 2008. Service Learning Project
Brief Description: Students will learn citizen advocacy by volunteering and educating the public on issues that are relevant to democracy and society. Fairchild Challenge Option # 7 Civic Engagement: iVOTE! - New Trier
Brief Description: YOUR CHALLENGE: Let your voice be heard! Participate in iVOTE!, a project developed by Northwestern University's Collaboratory to empower Illinois students to engage in the democratic process. Earn points by; designing, implementing, and reporting the results of on-line opinion surveys; creating a multimedia feature article; and participating in a virtual primary election on February 5, 2008. iVOTE! Bridging the Gap - Sacred Heart
Brief Description: iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth ages 15 to 22 to vote by using the Collaboratory, a web-based collaborative environment, to explore ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Pi Now, Good Buy Later
Brief Description: Project examines the relationship between circumference and diameter and provides hands-on activities. Real world applications of the concept are included also. Cosas Vivas
Brief Description: Students will choose a picture of a living thing and write a brief description about the picture. Copy of What I Am Most Thankful For 2007
Brief Description: The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites all K-12 students to participate in WHAT I AM MOST THANKFUL FOR. Students will use their creativity to write, record and illustrate a story they have authored. They will then share this story with their peers in the rest of the state and discuss each other's essays. CPS SBCI Grissom School: Sharing and Discussing Our Work
Brief Description: This Collaboratory project introduces SBCI Project Learning Teams to ways in which they can use the Nexus to share and discuss standards-based curricular activities being developed by their teachers. CPS SBCI Grissom School: Sharing and Discussing Our Work
Brief Description: This Collaboratory project introduces SBCI Project Learning Teams to ways in which they can use the Nexus to share and discuss standards-based curricular activities being developed by their teachers. lesson plans oct. 15
Brief Description: Math 8th grade lesson plans 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school and/or home that will help scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Milford
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Squirrel Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the populations and activities of squirrels around your school that will help scientists learn more about squirrels in Illinois. 2009 IDNR Frog and Toad Study
Brief Description: In this project sponsored by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), students will learn about the anatomy, habitat, life cycle and calls of the frogs and toads of Illinois. They will then visit a water source near their school or home and help scientists learn more about the location and population numbers of these amphibians by identifying their calls, and collecting and reporting data. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Bloomington
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. Disney Vacation
Brief Description: Students will follow the webquest. Copy of 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Squirrel Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the populations and activities of squirrels around your school that will help scientists learn more about squirrels in Illinois. Copy of 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Squirrel Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the populations and activities of squirrels around your school that will help scientists learn more about squirrels in Illinois. Ethnicity and Descrimination
Brief Description: Students will understand components of their own culture and which will lead them to appreciate, understand, and be an advocate for tolerance as they recognize the differences that exist between their culture and that of others. Freedom-Grade 5 etking
Brief Description: Freedom Improving A Healthy Lifestyle
Brief Description: We will encourage a healthier family lifestyle based on hygiene, food choice, food availability, and exercise. National Poetry Month
Brief Description: Fourth grade students will study different types of poetry. Mythology
Brief Description: This is designed for an exploration of mythology. Fairchild Challenge Option # 7 Civic Engagement: iVOTE! - Guerin
Brief Description: YOUR CHALLENGE: Let your voice be heard! Participate in iVOTE!, a project developed by Northwestern University's Collaboratory to empower Illinois students to engage in the democratic process. Earn points by; designing, implementing, and reporting the results of on-line opinion surveys; creating a multimedia feature article; and participating in a virtual primary election on February 5, 2008. Copy of IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study Teacher Workshop
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. St. Ferdinand/Maternity BVM iVote 08 (Copy of Elmhurst)
Brief Description: Students will vote for President in the Fall, 2008 Presidential Election. Students will learn about the voting process, the privilege and right to vote by registering and voting for their candidate. Students will review the results by popular vote and by electoral vote Pulsar Search Collaboratory -James River High School
Brief Description: This project will involve high school students from West Virginia and surrounding states in the search for new pulsars. Math unit 1
Brief Description: math trailblazers unit 1 Reading
Brief Description: Reading Science
Brief Description: Science Social Studies Chapter 1
Brief Description: SS Chapter 1 2008 Equal Justice Under Law
Brief Description: Equal Justice Under Law is designed to enhance students' understanding of a recently decided U.S. Supreme Court case and related public policy questions. In their classes, students examine case facts, review the constitutional issue, consider the arguments they find persuasive, and analyze a related law or public policy using CRFC developed curriculum materials. Pulsar Search Collaboratory - Bridgeport High School
Brief Description: This project will involve high school students from West Virginia and surrounding states in the search for new pulsars. Pulsar Search Collaboratory - Morgantown High School
Brief Description: This project will involve high school students from West Virginia and surrounding states in the search for new pulsars. Vote For Me! 08 - Elmhurst
Brief Description: Students will vote for President in the Fall, 2008 Presidential Election. Students will learn about the voting process, the privilege and right to vote by registering and voting for their candidate. Students will review the results by popular vote and by electoral vote. CTD GLL Winter 2009 Online Writing Workshop
Brief Description: This is a fourteen-week writing workshop where students write a story or nonfiction piece of ten pages or less. Participants need to use either Internet Explorer 6.0.x or Firefox and have Java, cookies and pop-up windows enabled in order to successfully use the resources available to the students. CTD GLL Fall 2007 Online Writing Workshop
Brief Description: This writing class is a twelve-week writing workshop where students write stories based on the Harry Potter series. (It is also possible for students to get permission to read and write in another genre/subject than Harry Potter.) Participants need to use either Internet Explorer 6.0.x or Firefox and have Java, cookies and pop-up windows enabled in order to successfully use the resources available to the students. Merci and Grandma
Brief Description: Merci will write here. Across Chicago
Brief Description: Video penpals Improving A Healthy Lifestyle
Brief Description: We will encourage a healthier family lifestyle based on hygiene, food choice, food avaliability and exercise. Election 2008
Brief Description: The project will introduce the students to the election process and get the students to understand the positions of the two major candidates. JCP - Lin Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Copy of iVOTE! '08: Bridging the Gap between Civic Engagement and Democratic Participation
Brief Description: As the 2008 presidential election approaches, it is important for young people like you to not only discuss what issues concern them, but to research and propose solutions that they feel can make a difference and shape the direction of the campaign. iVOTE! offers you an opportunity to do this in an online collaborative environment where you can share ideas, get feedback and suggestions, and even coordinate activities with other Illinois youth who share your concerns. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. And Liberty For All
Brief Description: High School students will develop a unique personal perspective related to an American iconic public artwork: The Statue of Liberty. Students will re-imagine the original artwork, the accompanying text, and the broader issues of liberty, immigration and freedom articulating their point of view via print media supported by a "text" message. Forest Animals and Sea Animals
Brief Description: Carman Buckner school students learn about the differences between sea animals and forest animals. Students compare similarities and differences. 5th grade body systems
Brief Description: Fifth graders will write nonfiction texts reflecting their learning about body systems from health class. iVOTE! '08 Election Project - Wheaton North High school
Brief Description: In this iVOTE! '08 project for the national election in November, students will learn what issues matter most to participants, advocate for a candidate they feel can best address an issue that concerns them, vote in the iVOTE '08 National Election and review the election results. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. zMorganParkAcademy Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). 8th Grade Online Quarterly Book Review
Brief Description: Students will select books independently and write responses about the literature they are reading. They will write book reviews about independent reading books and participate in discussions regarding other students' book reviews. iVOTE! '08: Bridging the Gap between Civic Engagement and Democratic Participation - Oak Grove
Brief Description: As the 2008 presidential election approaches, it is important for young people like you to not only discuss what issues concern them, but to research and propose solutions that they feel can make a difference and shape the direction of the campaign. iVOTE! offers you an opportunity to do this in an online collaborative environment where you can share ideas, get feedback and suggestions, and even coordinate activities with other Illinois youth who share your concerns. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. iVOTE! '08 - Primary Election Project - WTHS
Brief Description: In this iVOTE! '08 project for the primary election in February, students will learn what issues matter most to participants, advocate for a candidate they feel can best address an issue that concerns them, vote in the iVOTE '08 Primary Election and review the election results. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. iVOTE! '08: Bridging the Gap between Civic Engagement and Democratic Participation - Maldonado
Brief Description: As the 2008 presidential election approaches, it is important for young people like you to not only discuss what issues concern them, but to research and propose solutions that they feel can make a difference and shape the direction of the campaign. iVOTE! offers you an opportunity to do this in an online collaborative environment where you can share ideas, get feedback and suggestions, and even coordinate activities with other Illinois youth who share your concerns. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Copy of Songs My Family Taught Me
Brief Description: Classroom teachers, the music teacher, and the tech facilitator will help students identify songs they learned from family members. They will investigate the background of the songs. Copy of Planning for & Creating Successful Opportunities for Freshmen:Bridging the Gap between Jr. High & High School
Brief Description: By way of survey, the needs of 9th grade students will be identified in relation to 9th grade teacher expectations and 8th grade teacher evaluations. This will be used as the springboard into creating the services needed to help 9th graders succeed. Planning for & Creating Successful Opportunities for Freshmen:Bridging the Gap between Jr. High & High School
Brief Description: By way of survey, the needs of 9th grade students will be identified in relation to 9th grade teacher expectations and 8th grade teacher evaluations. This will be used as the springboard into creating the services needed to help 9th graders succeed. Math Money
Brief Description: Students will practice real life money management situations in this financial simulation. Phillips
Brief Description: The Youth Technology Corps technology program teaches teens high level technology skills in computer refurbishing and troubleshooting. Apprentices then share technology and knowledge with their community. Day of the Dead
Brief Description: Students will cut papels picado for decorations on Day of the Dead. Aids Awareness
Brief Description: Survey students regarding their awareness of the AIDS problem in the Bolingbrook, IL community. iVOTE! Bridging the Gap - Bolingbrook High School
Brief Description: iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth ages 15 to 22 to vote by using the Collaboratory, a web-based collaborative environment, to explore ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Copy of 2007 Rebecca Caudill Book Club
Brief Description: Frederick School in Grayslake, Illinois, and the Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invite all Illinois students in grades 4-8 students to participate in the 2007 REBECCA CAUDILL INTERNET BOOK CLUB. Students will take a survey on their favorite kinds of books and learn about the nominees. They will then submit reviews of the books they have read and discuss them with one another. Finally, they will vote on their favorite book for the 2007 award. Copy of 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Squirrel Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the populations and activities of squirrels around your school that will help scientists learn more about squirrels in Illinois. Pulsar Search Collaboratory - Independence High
Brief Description: This project will involve high school students from West Virginia and surrounding states in the search for new pulsars. 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Squirrel Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the populations and activities of squirrels around your school that will help scientists learn more about squirrels in Illinois. 2008 Rebecca Caudill Book Club
Brief Description: Glen Crest Middle School invites Briar Glen students in grades 4 & 5 to participate in the 2008 REBECCA CAUDILL INTERNET BOOK CLUB. Students will take a survey on their favorite kinds of books and learn about the nominees. They will then submit reviews of the books they have read and discuss them with one another. Finally, they will vote on their favorite book for the 2008 award. April in Paris
Brief Description: This project has students plan and execute a trip to Paris. Biographies--The difference in Information!
Brief Description: You have read a biography of an important person. Now you will read and locate information about that person in the GC online databases. Body Systems
Brief Description: This project will include a study of the ten body systems. Colonial Region Research Project
Brief Description: This project will provide students with an opportunity to learn more about colonial culture in the New England, Middle and Southern colonies and will enable them to utilize and enhance their technology skills. Immigration Autobiography
Brief Description: Through research and creativity, the students will be creating the life story of their immigrant in preparation for our Ellis Island simulation. Life at Home during the War
Brief Description: World War II required commitment and sacrifice from ALL Americans. As American soldiers, sailors and airmen risked their lives overseas, people at home made sacrifices to help the war effort. Students will use a variety of resources to research information about the World War II Home Front. Students will outline the information they find in a graphic organizer. Students will apply their knowledge by creating a persuasive newsletter. Projects will be posted and shared in MediaSpace. This project will culminate with a PowerPoint presentation of the World War II Home Front activities.They will be able to relate these Home Front activities to ways in which citizens can help in our current War on Terrorism. My Improving Espanol
Brief Description: Students will record Spanish exercises 4 times during the year in order to track improvement of their pronunciation and conversation. Poetry & Art
Brief Description: Students will analyze a painting of their choice and will write a poem based on the painting and the analysis. Read and Succeed
Brief Description: Throughout the 2008 - 2009 school year students will read books from different categories (genres, themes, cultures) and utilize a variety of technology tools to create analytical book reviews, graphical projects, and statistical analysis of Glen Crest reading trends. They will study authors and write letters. In addition, they will participate in discussions about independent reading books and write reflections. The best student work will be featured in an online gallery accessible to all district 89 community members. Reading Log (Mrs. Roeske)
Brief Description: Besides reading for pleasure, reading logs provide practice in improving your reading skills, vocabulary and understanding elements in literature. Independent reading also exposes you to a variety of writing genres and author styles. You may select your own book as long as it is appropriate for your reaing level. Try rading books from different genres, but only ONE from a series. DO NOT write reading logs on books of short stories. Tell Them We Remember
Brief Description: This project allows students to research, in depth, one aspect of the Holocaust. The final project is an oral presentation to the class. This I Believe
Brief Description: By using famous quotes, listening to others' oral essays, and self reflection you will create a "This I Believe" personal essay. Copy of iVOTE! '08 - Bridging the Gap
Brief Description: iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth ages 15 to 22 to vote by using the Collaboratory, a web-based collaborative environment, to explore ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Copy of iVOTE! '08 - Project Citizen eCourse
Brief Description: In this eCourse, you will learn how to use the Collaboratory to participate in Project Citizen as part of the iVOTE! '08 initiative. The goal of iVOTE! is to encourage Illinois youth to vote by helping them bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Project Citizen participants are invited to be a part of iVOTE! '08 with their projects. You will take and analyze a short opinion poll and see how a Cybrary can be used to share links to useful information. Then you will create, share, and discuss a short document on an issue that interests you. At the end of this eCourse, you will copy an iVOTE! '08 Project Citizen project that you can use with your class and create accounts for your students. iVOTE! '08 is supported by a grant from the McCormick Tribune foundation. Skokie School and the 3 R's
Brief Description: The 5th grade service learning students will decide how the school could be more environmentally friendly. They will actually put these ideas into action. **TAH Teaching American History Fall 2008 Collaboratory Workshop
Brief Description: This workshop provides an overview of how the Teaching American History (TAH) participants will use the Collaboratory to complete the Module assignments. *TAH Module One Part A: Freedom's Experiment - Project
Brief Description: This is a survey and study of the most enduring themes, problems, and crises in American history from the beginnings to the Civil War. Emphasis will be placed upon five significant social and political themes. Copy of IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. Copy of 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Squirrel Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the populations and activities of squirrels around your school that will help scientists learn more about squirrels in Illinois. Copy of 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Squirrel Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the populations and activities of squirrels around your school that will help scientists learn more about squirrels in Illinois. iVOTE! '08: Bridging the Gap between Civic Engagement and Democratic Participation - Oak Grove
Brief Description: As the 2008 presidential election approaches, it is important for young people like you to not only discuss what issues concern them, but to research and propose solutions that they feel can make a difference and shape the direction of the campaign. iVOTE! offers you an opportunity to do this in an online collaborative environment where you can share ideas, get feedback and suggestions, and even coordinate activities with other Illinois youth who share your concerns. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Argo Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Brennan's Lincoln Park Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Grosland's Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Interacting Galaxies
Brief Description: Hubble Space Telescope Interacting Galaxies with Max Mutchler. J Clark Copy of Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Latin School QSO Project--Erickson(2007)
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Odyssey of the Mind Trempealeau First Grade
Brief Description: Meeting Place for Odyssey of the Mind activities and information for students at Trempealeau Elementary. Quincy High Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). RHS - Miller - Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Rock Bridge Intro To Astro Blazar Research Winter 08
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). YAAYS
Brief Description: Yerkes Astrophysics Academy for Young Scientists Fairchild Challenge Option # 7 Civic Engagement: iVOTE! - Warren Township
Brief Description: YOUR CHALLENGE: Let your voice be heard! Participate in iVOTE!, a project developed by Northwestern University's Collaboratory to empower Illinois students to engage in the democratic process. Earn points by; designing, implementing, and reporting the results of on-line opinion surveys; creating a multimedia feature article; and participating in a virtual primary election on February 5, 2008. Rainbow Lab
Brief Description: Used to practice measuring in metric (using milliliters) Renaissance Art
Brief Description: To increase appreciation for techniques of medieval art by my 7th grade students. They will gain insight into how art developed during the Renaissance period. What's For Lunch
Brief Description: Study of the nutritional values of school lunches. RHS - Miller - Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Technology in Elections
Brief Description: Students will develop plans to use technology to influnce various group to vote. Civic education
Brief Description: This is a survey I am circulating to high school and middle school students for my senior thesis on the goals and application of civic education. Copy of What I Am Most Thankful For 2006
Brief Description: The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites all K-12 students to participate in WHAT I AM MOST THANKFUL FOR 2006. Students will use their creativity to write, record and illustrate a story they have authored. They will then share this story with their peers in the rest of the state and discuss each other's essays. The Eat Right Campaign
Brief Description: The students will create a multimedia campaign that suggests better food choices for a healthier life for their peer group. Pulsar Search Collaboratory - Lincoln High School
Brief Description: This project will involve high school students from West Virginia and surrounding states in the search for new pulsars. JCP - Lin Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Rock Bridge Honors AGN Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Rock Bridge Intro To Astro Blazar Research Winter 08
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Improving A Healthy Lifestyle
Brief Description: We will encourage a healthier family lifesytle based on hygiene, food choice, food availability, and exercise. Copy of Lesson Plan: Young Citizens and Media Access
Brief Description: Students will learn the influence, types, roles, and importance of various media in regards to the media's effect on politics and our society. Vote For Me! 08 - Elmhurst
Brief Description: Students will vote for President in the Fall, 2008 Presidential Election. Students will learn about the voting process, the privilege and right to vote by registering and voting for their candidate. Students will review the results by popular vote and by electoral vote. Testing project
Brief Description: This is a testing project. http://www.surveymonkey.com/ s.aspx?sm=p53CF31c28yAX1R4MZunpA_3d_3d
Brief Description: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=p53CF31c28yAX1R4MZunpA_3d_3d Black Heritage Stamp Collection
Brief Description: My fifth grade students will be researching and presenting information about unfamiliar, yet influential Black Americans - past and present. In addition to researching and presenting, students will also gain insight about the process the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee goes through to select Black Heritage Stamps. Public Enemy said it best: Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps so let's give those little known heroes the props they deserve. Copy of Fairchild Challenge Option # 7 Civic Engagement: iVOTE!
Brief Description: YOUR CHALLENGE: Let your voice be heard! Participate in iVOTE!, a project developed by Northwestern University's Collaboratory to empower Illinois students to engage in the democratic process. Earn points by; designing, implementing, and reporting the results of on-line opinion surveys; creating a multimedia feature article; and participating in a virtual primary election on February 5, 2008. Copy of iVOTE! Bridging the Gap
Brief Description: iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth ages 15 to 22 to vote by using the Collaboratory, a web-based collaborative environment, to explore ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Guess and Check Journal Warm-up
Brief Description: Student warm-up in math journals. We will be using the journals this week to practice solving problems using a guess and check strategy. Module 2
Brief Description: This is Module 2 from Math thematics. It has 5 total sections review angle measurement, using protractors, and evaluating expressions. The unit introduces integers and uses the number line for addition and subtraction. We also use coordinate planes to explore integers. The commutative and associative propertes are introduced. We use graphs to compare functions. Lastly, we begin solving equations using variables and inverse operations. Interacting Galaxies
Brief Description: Hubble Space Telescope Interacting Galaxies with Max Mutchler. IPS Science: HDL questions
Brief Description: These are a copy of the questions found in the text book. Vote For Me! 08 - Elmhurst
Brief Description: Students will vote for President in the Fall, 2008 Presidential Election. Students will learn about the voting process, the privilege and right to vote by registering and voting for their candidate. Students will review the results by popular vote and by electoral vote. Fairchild Challenge Option # 7 Civic Engagement: iVOTE! - Lake Forest
Brief Description: YOUR CHALLENGE: Let your voice be heard! Participate in iVOTE!, a project developed by Northwestern University's Collaboratory to empower Illinois students to engage in the democratic process. Earn points by; designing, implementing, and reporting the results of on-line opinion surveys; creating a multimedia feature article; and participating in a virtual primary election on February 5, 2008. Social Justice
Brief Description: Create an informative and persuasive presentation that supports a Social Justice Issue. Argo Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Brennan's Lincoln Park Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). J Clark Copy of Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Latin School QSO Project--Erickson(2007)
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). RHS - Miller - Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Chicago (Princeton)
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. Copy of 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Squirrel Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the populations and activities of squirrels around your school that will help scientists learn more about squirrels in Illinois. Improving A Healthy Lifestyle
Brief Description: We will encourage a healthier family lifestyle based on hygiene, food choice, food availability and exercise. Argo Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). 5th grade body systems
Brief Description: Fifth graders will write nonfiction texts reflecting their learning about body systems from health class. 2008 Rebecca Caudill Book Club
Brief Description: Glen Crest Middle School invites Briar Glen students in grades 4 & 5 to participate in the 2008 REBECCA CAUDILL INTERNET BOOK CLUB. Students will take a survey on their favorite kinds of books and learn about the nominees. They will then submit reviews of the books they have read and discuss them with one another. Finally, they will vote on their favorite book for the 2008 award. Copy of Adventures in Seussville
Brief Description: Emergent readers take a journey to reading and reciting from Dr. Seuss' wonderful tales. U.S. State Reports
Brief Description: Students will learn about states of the United States through a research project focusing on 7 regions of the U.S. and their home state, Illinois. By repeating the process for each region in a supported environment, students will become more familiar with the research and reporting process as well. Earth Partnership for Schools
Brief Description: Earth Partnership for Schools is a K-12 project and inquiry-based curriculum. Over the course of the school year, students study natural communities in order to design and build a schoolyard habitat. *TAH Module One Part A: Freedom's Experiment - Project
Brief Description: This is a survey and study of the most enduring themes, problems, and crises in American history from the beginnings to the Civil War. Emphasis will be placed upon five significant social and political themes. Adventure fiction
Brief Description: Write your own adventure/science fiction based on the Prydian Chronicles African-American History Through Biography/Autobiography
Brief Description: During Black History month, students research, read, and study primary source materials, primarily in the genre of biography and autobiography, African-American people of note and the contributions they made toward a better world for us all. Braeside Book Club
Brief Description: Book Club opportunity for student to read together and discuss books that different literature groups are reading in class. Provides the opportunity to discuss book that they might not otherwise have the opportunity to discuss. Detective Science (3-4)
Brief Description: Have you ever been accused of doing something that you didn't do? What is the difference between circumstantial and "real" or forensic evidence? Find out and clear your name as you try to find out who stole The Wizard Of Oz. Detective Science (5-6)
Brief Description: Use Forensic evidence and tests to solve the mystery. Frederick Douglass
Brief Description: The study of the life and times of Frederic Douglass though excerpts of his autobiography The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass Home
Brief Description: What is "home"? Owl
Brief Description: Study of owls through realistic fiction, habitat, ecology and environment. Power of Words
Brief Description: Discover the power of words, where they came from, who uses them and the great works of literature that are built from them. Triple S. Toys, Inc.
Brief Description: This Fifth grade project will focus on the design, marketing, manufacturing , and development of a toy product for Triple S. Toys, Inc. Vote For Me! 08 - Elmhurst
Brief Description: Students will vote for President in the Fall, 2008 Presidential Election. Students will learn about the voting process, the privilege and right to vote by registering and voting for their candidate. Students will review the results by popular vote and by electoral vote. Odyssey of the Mind Trempealeau First Grade
Brief Description: Meeting Place for Odyssey of the Mind activities and information for students at Trempealeau Elementary. Inservice Oct. 26,2007
Brief Description: This survey will be used by the Culver Staff as part of our monthly inservice afternoon. Response to Intervention Blueprint-RTI
Brief Description: Tool to survey staff for baseline data on creating our RTI program. Copy of 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Squirrel Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the populations and activities of squirrels around your school that will help scientists learn more about squirrels in Illinois. Colonial Region Research Project
Brief Description: This project will provide students with an opportunity to learn more about colonial culture in the New England, Middle and Southern colonies and will enable them to utilize and enhance their technology skills. Poetry & Art
Brief Description: Students will analyze a painting of their choice and will write a poem based on the painting and the analysis. iVOTE! '08 Election Project
Brief Description: In this iVOTE! '08 project for the national election in November, students will learn what issues matter most to participants, advocate for a candidate they feel can best address an issue that concerns them, vote in the iVOTE '08 National Election and review the election results. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. *Research Projects
Brief Description: this is a project for gathering statistical information Copy of Lesson Plan: Introduction to Active Citizenship
Brief Description: Before students can become active in their communities, they need a basic overview of the types of participation that citizens engage in. This lesson provides students with an overview of activism in government and communities. It requires students to identify the methods of citizen participation, form and analyze local public policy, and address policy concerns to actual decision-makers in government. Pulsar Search Collaboratory - Shady Spring High School
Brief Description: This project will involve high school students from West Virginia and surrounding states in the search for new pulsars. NWHS Ramseyer Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Everlost
Brief Description: This is a reading response journal that students will keep on-line while they read. The Schwa Was Here
Brief Description: Students will respond to questions throughout the reading of this novel Copy of MUSIC BAROQUE PERIOD
Brief Description: The eighth grade class will find information on Baroque music. The effects of food choices on health
Brief Description: The students will learn how to choose foods that are healthy for their health. Tap versus Bottle
Brief Description: Students will examine drinking water in their community. They will set up a variety of tests to compare drinking water to bottled water. Archaeology Connections
Brief Description: Students will learn about the process and purpose of archaeology and think about the meaning of artifacts in human life both past and present. Students will be able to distinguish artifacts from other found objects (bones, seeds, shells) but understand that there can be grey areas (a shell versus a shell made into jewelry). proyectode prueba
Brief Description: This is a testing project Reading Log (Mrs. Roeske)
Brief Description: Besides reading for pleasure, reading logs provide practice in improving your reading skills, vocabulary and understanding elements in literature. Independent reading also exposes you to a variety of writing genres and author styles. You may select your own book as long as it is appropriate for your reaing level. Try rading books from different genres, but only ONE from a series. DO NOT write reading logs on books of short stories. Vote For Me! 08 - Elmhurst
Brief Description: Students will vote for President in the Fall, 2008 Presidential Election. Students will learn about the voting process, the privilege and right to vote by registering and voting for their candidate. Students will review the results by popular vote and by electoral vote. Copy of EDO - The Jovian System - Techniques for Observing and Analyzing Orbits
Brief Description: Hundreds of years ago Galileo pointed a very simple telescope toward the planet Jupiter. He was amazed that the little dots of light near Jupiter seemed to move back and forth in an organized way. Later mathematicians like Kepler and physicists like Newton used observations of planets and moons to describe laws and develop theories of gravity and motion. With our own telescope observations we will collect and analyze data so we can retrace Galileo's steps and the thinking of Kepler and Newton. The steps you use in this activity to understand the orbits of Jupiter's moons can be used for any planet. Interacting Galaxies
Brief Description: Hubble Space Telescope Interacting Galaxies with Max Mutchler. Everlost
Brief Description: This is a reading response journal that students will keep on-line while they read. The Schwa Was Here
Brief Description: Students will respond to questions throughout the reading of this novel Renaissance Art
Brief Description: To increase appreciation for techniques of medieval art by my 7th grade students. They will gain insight into how art developed during the Renaissance period. What's For Lunch
Brief Description: Study of the nutritional values of school lunches. Project Citizen
Brief Description: Students study local problems, how they are dealt with by the government, and how citizens can participate in the government. Washington 4th Grade Team
Brief Description: The place for our team to share ideas and document our plans for the future. This will be ongoing throughout the schoolyear. Mrs. Salinas' Class Rainforest Poject
Brief Description: Students will research about the rain forest and write and informational piece. CPS SBCI Grissom School: Sharing and Discussing Our Work
Brief Description: This Collaboratory project introduces SBCI Project Learning Teams to ways in which they can use the Nexus to share and discuss standards-based curricular activities being developed by their teachers. Special Education Web Survey
Brief Description: This survey is intended to gain input from the District 127 community as to their needs and wants for resources on the web pertaining to special education. PSC Workshop: Using the Collaboratory
Brief Description: This project will involve high school students from West Virginia and surrounding states in the search for new pulsars. ***TAH Module One and Two Part B: Thematic Units - Spring 2009
Brief Description: Teachers will have completed OEDC 5065 History: US Colony to 1877 and OEDC 5066 History: US 1877 to Present. Emphasis in this course will be to identify and expand on significant themes learned in the prerequisite course, OEDC 5065 History: US Colony to 1877 and OEDC 5066 History: US 1877 to Present. Teachers will apply learned content knowledge to the classroom setting using field-based research **TAH Module Two Part A: The Protection of Freedom Project
Brief Description: This is a survey and study of the most enduring themes, problems, and crises in American history from 1877 to Present. Emphasis will be placed upon six significant social and political themes. **TAH Teaching American History Fall 2008 Collaboratory Workshop
Brief Description: This workshop provides an overview of how the Teaching American History (TAH) participants will use the Collaboratory to complete the Module assignments. *TAH Module One Part A: Freedom's Experiment - Project
Brief Description: This is a survey and study of the most enduring themes, problems, and crises in American history from the beginnings to the Civil War. Emphasis will be placed upon five significant social and political themes. *TAH Module One: Fall 2007 Collaboratory Workshop
Brief Description: This workshop provides an overview of how the Teaching American History (TAH) participants will use the Collaboratory to complete the second year Module Two assignments. *TAH Module Two: Fall 2007 Collaboratory Workshop
Brief Description: This workshop provides an overview of how the Teaching American History (TAH) participants will use the Collaboratory to complete the second year Module Two assignments. Copy of Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Copy of iVOTE! '08 - Primary Election Project
Brief Description: In this iVOTE! '08 project for the primary election in February, students will learn what issues matter most to participants, advocate for a candidate they feel can best address an issue that concerns them, vote in the iVOTE '08 Primary Election and review the election results. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Copy of The Dragon Vote!
Brief Description: This space is designed to give Duker Elementary School students a place to vote for the president of their choice on election day. demo
Brief Description: this is it St. Ferdinand/Maternity BVM iVote 08 (Copy of Elmhurst)
Brief Description: Students will vote for President in the Fall, 2008 Presidential Election. Students will learn about the voting process, the privilege and right to vote by registering and voting for their candidate. Students will review the results by popular vote and by electoral vote Copy of 2007 Rebecca Caudill Book Club
Brief Description: Frederick School in Grayslake, Illinois, and the Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invite all Illinois students in grades 4-8 students to participate in the 2007 REBECCA CAUDILL INTERNET BOOK CLUB. Students will take a survey on their favorite kinds of books and learn about the nominees. They will then submit reviews of the books they have read and discuss them with one another. Finally, they will vote on their favorite book for the 2007 award. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Macon
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. Cultural diverstiy In the high school curriculum
Brief Description: To raise awareness of the need for greater emphasis on cultural diversity in the high school curriculum. Three Branches of Government
Brief Description: Activities to help students understand the roles and responsibilities of the three branches of the U.S. government. Copy of When Will I Ever Use This?
Brief Description: Students become aware of the impact from their studies in core subjects as well as art, technology, foreign language and physical education in the middle school by investigating careers that make use of the concepts and skills. Classic Books Independent Reading Collaborative iProject
Brief Description: You will be reading, discussing, and creatively sharing your understanding of a classic book. Discovery Writing Project
Brief Description: Students will write many pieces for Writer's Workshop this year. They will help revise and edit their writing pieces via the Discovery Writing Project forum. 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Milford
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. Pulsar Search Collaboratory - Elkins High School
Brief Description: This project will involve high school students from West Virginia and surrounding states in the search for new pulsars. 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school and/or home that will help scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Squirrel Study
Brief Description: In this biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other Illinois students in collecting data on the populations and activities of squirrels around your school that will help scientists learn more about squirrels in Illinois. I Adopt A Virtual Pet - Watch Me Grow
Brief Description: Students participate a multiuser virtual environment by registering their webkinz pets. They learn about self, charater education, and community while meeting kids online from other parts of the world in a safe environment. Songs My Family Taught Me
Brief Description: Classroom teachers, the music teacher, and the tech facilitator will help students identify songs they learned from family members. They will investigate the background of the songs. A Journey to Imperial Rome Ms Smith
Brief Description: A curriculum unit developed for students in grades 6 - 8 about life in Imperial Rome. Copy of Student Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). darsmit2 Hamilton Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Eastern Europe
Brief Description: Presentation of research done on countries of Eastern Europe Elect a Book
Brief Description: Integrated project with literature and American election components, leading to the selection of the 4th Grade Favorite. Math Money
Brief Description: Students will practice real life money management situations in this financial simulation. Snow Treasure
Brief Description: Writing prompts and quizzes for the novel Snow Treasure. The Outsiders
Brief Description: This will be used for responses to writing prompts in which students will react to the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. Wave
Brief Description: Information and writing prompts for reading of The Wave. Zoocology: Teacher Reflections
Brief Description: Zoocology aims to provide teachers with additional science content knowledge, as well as improve student learning through curriculum and pre-visit and post-visit materials provided by zoo educators. Zoocology: A Day at the Zoo
Brief Description: Through the Zoocology program, Lincoln Park Zoo will offer specialized school science programs for kindergarten through 3rd grade CPS students to help them learn, grow and develop an appreciation of nature and ultimately a sense of stewardship. Biology- Investigating the Cell
Brief Description: Goal: My goal is to engage students into an analysis of text and diagrams at or above their reading level, and to move them to a comfortable place with text and diagrams where they are more confident. The students will learn how to deal with text, diagrams, graphs and charts at a higher level than they are currently which will allow them to become engaged in their learning at a higher level of Blooms. Goal Long-Term: (includes this project) I will attempt to never teach scientific inquiry in isolation, and to use my content when I teach skills and scientific inquiry through out the entire year. I will attempt to build toward a 'perfect' student by assessing their strengths and weaknesses and developing a plant that will allow them to develop critical thinking skill that will enable them to apply knowledge to multiple places and use all area of science simultaneously. Populations of Amphibians: Investigating Variables
Brief Description: dfa A Day in Our Neighborhood (2008)
Brief Description: The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites all K-12 students to participate in the annual A Day in Our Neighborhood Project. The project's focus is on learning more about different communities and sharing information collected on an interactive map. eCourse: 1. (Participating in the Collaboratory Draft)
Brief Description: The Collaboratory is an easy-to-use web-based collaborative learning environment. This project introduces participants to how the Collaboratory Projects, Resources and Communication Services can be used in engaging project-based activities that can be aligned to Illinois Learning Standards. The content focus for the project is Chicago Landmarks! This Project is designed for participants to take on their own and is a prerequisite for "eCourse: 2. Creating and Managing a Project in the Collaboratory." Participants should plan about five hours to complete this project. iVOTE! '08 - Primary Election Project
Brief Description: In this iVOTE! '08 project for the primary election in February, students will learn what issues matter most to participants, advocate for a candidate they feel can best address an issue that concerns them, vote in the iVOTE '08 Primary Election and review the election results. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. The Collaboratory's Scariest Stories 2007
Brief Description: WARNING: The contents of this project may be scary. The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project, in partnership with the Illinois State Board of Education, invite all Illinois K-12 students to participate in THE COLLABORATORY'S SCARIEST STORIES. Students will use their imagination to write, illustrate and record (optional) a story they have authored. They will then share and discuss their stories with students across the state. The Illinois K-3 Monarch Award Internet Book Club
Brief Description: The goal of this project is to enrich and extend the experiences of students while participating through ISLMA in The Monarch Award: Illinois K-3 Childrens Choice Award. It includes the use of Collaboratory Surveys, The Cybrary, The Internet Book Club and The Nexus Community. IPS Science: HDL questions
Brief Description: These are a copy of the questions found in the text book. Copy of iVOTE! '08 - Fairchild Challenge Option # 7 Civic Engagement
Brief Description: YOUR CHALLENGE: Let your voice be heard! Participate in iVOTE!, a project developed by Northwestern University's Collaboratory to empower Illinois students to engage in the democratic process. Earn points by; designing, implementing, and reporting the results of on-line opinion surveys; creating a multimedia feature article; and participating in a virtual primary election on February 5, 2008. ENERGY: Political and Renewable
Brief Description: This project investigates the facts and figures of today's energy situation as well as the stances of several presidential candidates on that issue. MSP07: Mathematics - Student Achievement Data Report
Brief Description: Survey to obtain impact of MSP project on student achievement in mathematics and science. Copy of A Day in Our Neighborhood 05/23/07
Brief Description: The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites all K-12 students to participate in the second annual A Day in Our Neighborhood Project. This year's focus is on learning more about different communities in our State and sharing information collected on an interactive map. Copy of The Collaboratory's Scariest Stories
Brief Description: WARNING: The contents of this project may be scary. The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project, in partnership with the Illinois State Board of Education, invite all Illinois K-12 students to participate in THE COLLABORATORY'S SCARIEST STORIES. Students will use their imagination to write, illustrate and record (optional) a story they have authored. They will then share and discuss their stories with students across the state. Copy of What I Am Most Thankful For 2007
Brief Description: The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites all K-12 students to participate in WHAT I AM MOST THANKFUL FOR. Students will use their creativity to write, record and illustrate a story they have authored. They will then share this story with their peers in the rest of the state and discuss each other's essays. Swimming
Brief Description: American Red Cross(henceforth, ARC)Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Swim Skills according to skill level of the student. Also, life-saving and safety skills for ALL levels. Copy of World War II: Life On The Home Front
Brief Description: World War II required commitment and sacrifice from ALL Americans. As American soldiers, sailors and airmen risked their lives overseas, people at home made sacrifices to help the war effort. Students will use a variety of resources to research information about the World War II Home Front. Students will outline the information they find in a graphic organizer. Students will apply their knowledge by creating a persuasive newsletter. Projects will be posted and shared in MediaSpace. This project will culminate with a PowerPoint presentation of the World War II Home Front activities.They will be able to relate these Home Front activities to ways in which citizens can help in our current War on Terrorism. Propaganda, Prejudice, and Personal Sacrifice in the 1940s
Brief Description: Students use primary sources to investigate propaganda, prejudice, and personal sacrifice during WWII. Students will compare Nazi propaganda posters/cartoons with those created in the US for the war effort and relating to the treatment of the Japanese-American citizens. Hands Program
Brief Description: At Spring Grove School I am piloting a Hands Program for kindergarten through third grade students. I am hoping to get feedback on the program to determine if it should be continued next year. VIRTUAL BOOK REVIEW DIGEST
Brief Description: Students will work during Spanish, library and computer lab time searching books in Spanish, learn to cite the book, write a review and post their final project on the collaboratory. Zoocology: Teacher Reflections
Brief Description: Zoocology aims to provide teachers with additional science content knowledge, as well as improve student learning through curriculum and pre-visit and post-visit materials provided by zoo educators. Zoocology: A Day at the Zoo
Brief Description: Through the Zoocology program, Lincoln Park Zoo will offer specialized school science programs for kindergarten through 3rd grade CPS students to help them learn, grow and develop an appreciation of nature and ultimately a sense of stewardship. Charlotte Doyle Journals
Brief Description: A place to log your thoughts as we read "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle." Literature Circles
Brief Description: As we read a variety of novels through literature circles, we will use the collaboratory to evaluate, discuss, and reflect upon literature. The Circuit Journals
Brief Description: Students will have the opportunity to write journal entries in conjunction with the novel, "The Circuit." CTD GLL Winter 2009 Online Writing Workshop
Brief Description: This is a fourteen-week writing workshop where students write a story or nonfiction piece of ten pages or less. Participants need to use either Internet Explorer 6.0.x or Firefox and have Java, cookies and pop-up windows enabled in order to successfully use the resources available to the students. CTD GLL Fall 2007 Online Writing Workshop
Brief Description: This writing class is a twelve-week writing workshop where students write stories based on the Harry Potter series. (It is also possible for students to get permission to read and write in another genre/subject than Harry Potter.) Participants need to use either Internet Explorer 6.0.x or Firefox and have Java, cookies and pop-up windows enabled in order to successfully use the resources available to the students. A Day in Our Neighborhood (2008)
Brief Description: The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites all K-12 students to participate in the annual A Day in Our Neighborhood Project. The project's focus is on learning more about different communities and sharing information collected on an interactive map. Annual Rebecca Caudill Book Club
Brief Description: The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites students in grades 4-8 students to participate in the ANNUAL REBECCA CAUDILL INTERNET BOOK CLUB. Students will take a survey on their favorite kinds of books and learn about the nominees. They will then submit reviews of the books they have read and discuss them with one another. Finally, they will vote on their favorite book for the yearly award. Desktop Videoconferencing (DTVC)
Brief Description: Northwestern University Initiative for Desktop Videoconferencing. eCourse: 1. (Participating in the Collaboratory Draft)
Brief Description: The Collaboratory is an easy-to-use web-based collaborative learning environment. This project introduces participants to how the Collaboratory Projects, Resources and Communication Services can be used in engaging project-based activities that can be aligned to Illinois Learning Standards. The content focus for the project is Chicago Landmarks! This Project is designed for participants to take on their own and is a prerequisite for "eCourse: 2. Creating and Managing a Project in the Collaboratory." Participants should plan about five hours to complete this project. http://www.surveymonkey.com/ s.aspx?sm=p53CF31c28yAX1R4MZunpA_3d_3d
Brief Description: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=p53CF31c28yAX1R4MZunpA_3d_3d iVOTE! '08 - Primary Election Project
Brief Description: In this iVOTE! '08 project for the primary election in February, students will learn what issues matter most to participants, advocate for a candidate they feel can best address an issue that concerns them, vote in the iVOTE '08 Primary Election and review the election results. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. National Poetry Month 2008
Brief Description: To celebrate National Poetry Month, the Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites all K-12 students to participate in the Poetry Month Project. Whether it be a sonnet or a cinquain, we'd like all students to share their poems. PSC Workshop: Using the Collaboratory
Brief Description: This project will involve high school students from West Virginia and surrounding states in the search for new pulsars. Songs My Family Taught Me
Brief Description: Classroom teachers, the music teacher, and the tech facilitator will help students identify songs they learned from family members. They will investigate the background of the songs. The Collaboratory Gourmet
Brief Description: Recipes for special days The Collaboratory's Scariest Stories 2007
Brief Description: WARNING: The contents of this project may be scary. The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project, in partnership with the Illinois State Board of Education, invite all Illinois K-12 students to participate in THE COLLABORATORY'S SCARIEST STORIES. Students will use their imagination to write, illustrate and record (optional) a story they have authored. They will then share and discuss their stories with students across the state. The Illinois K-3 Monarch Award Internet Book Club
Brief Description: The goal of this project is to enrich and extend the experiences of students while participating through ISLMA in The Monarch Award: Illinois K-3 Childrens Choice Award. It includes the use of Collaboratory Surveys, The Cybrary, The Internet Book Club and The Nexus Community. Workshop 2007: Free Verse Self-Portraits
Brief Description: We are going to write free verse poems about ourselves or an important event in our lives and discuss them with one another. Across Chicago
Brief Description: Video penpals Proyecto de prueba
Brief Description: This is a testing project . Improving A Healthy Lifestyle
Brief Description: We will encourage a healthier family lifestyle based on hygiene, food choice, food avaliability and exercise. Test Project
Brief Description: Student learn effect internet searching techniques through the planning of a trip for a sample family. Copy of What I Am Most Thankful For 2007
Brief Description: The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites all K-12 students to participate in WHAT I AM MOST THANKFUL FOR. Students will use their creativity to write, record and illustrate a story they have authored. They will then share this story with their peers in the rest of the state and discuss each other's essays. 2008 IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Milford
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. 8th Grade Online Quarterly Book Review
Brief Description: Students will select books independently and write responses about the literature they are reading. They will write book reviews about independent reading books and participate in discussions regarding other students' book reviews. Mexico Interchange - YTC 2007
Brief Description: In this project, we would like Youth Technology Corps participants from both Durango and Illinois to learn more about one another and their communities. By learning more about each other, they will understand each other more and become a stronger team in positively changing their communities. Pajaros Sin Fronteras
Brief Description: Pajaros sin fronteras. Participating in the Collaboratory
Brief Description: I am going to learn about the collaboratory website. I hope to be able to use this an a resource in my classroom. Copy of iVOTE! '08 - Primary Election Project
Brief Description: In this iVOTE! '08 project for the primary election in February, students will learn what issues matter most to participants, advocate for a candidate they feel can best address an issue that concerns them, vote in the iVOTE '08 Primary Election and review the election results. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Copy of iVOTE! '08: Bridging the Gap between Civic Engagement and Democratic Participation
Brief Description: As the 2008 presidential election approaches, it is important for young people like you to not only discuss what issues concern them, but to research and propose solutions that they feel can make a difference and shape the direction of the campaign. iVOTE! offers you an opportunity to do this in an online collaborative environment where you can share ideas, get feedback and suggestions, and even coordinate activities with other Illinois youth who share your concerns. iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth to vote by exploring ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and political advocacy, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. IVOTE! '08 - eCourse
Brief Description: In this project, you will learn how to use the Collaboratory to participate in the iVOTE! initiative. The goal of iVOTE! is to encourage Illinois youth to vote by helping them bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. You will take and analyze a short opinion poll and see how a Cybrary can be used to share links to useful information. Then you will create, share and discuss a short document on an issue that interests you. At the end of this eCourse, you will copy an iVOTE! project that you can use with your class and create accounts for your students. Making Our School Lunches Healthier
Brief Description: In this project, students will analyze their cafeteria menu and their nutritional needs and tastes. They will then research the effects of the food they are eating for lunch and come up with solutions on how they can change what is served to them for lunch. Copy of IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. Irish Famine and U.S.Immigration
Brief Description: Prior to our study of genocide in 8th grade, we'll be introducing our students to genocide in the past, and how it led to an exodus of Irish immigration to North America. iVOTE! Bridging the Gap - Lincoln Middle School
Brief Description: iVOTE! is a Northwestern University Collaboratory Project initiative funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation that is encouraging Illinois youth ages 14 to 18 to vote by using the Collaboratory, a web-based collaborative environment, to explore ways to bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Reflections for Civic Education
Brief Description: Students are asked to reflect about their learning process. I want students to feel their writing has a purpose and that their audience is larger than just our classroom and me- their "dumb" teacher. :) Our project is unknown at the current time because students will drive the project choice. However, it will be driven by civics and government standards as well as science standards. The national service learning standards will also drive our culminating project. Copy of Pulsar Search Collaboratory-HHS
Brief Description: This project will involve high school students from West Virginia and surrounding states in the search for new pulsars. 5th grade body systems
Brief Description: Fifth graders will write nonfiction texts reflecting their learning about body systems from health class. Pulsar Search Collaboratory-Parkersburg Catholic
Brief Description: This project will involve high school students from West Virginia and surrounding states in the search for new pulsars. Gemini 7th Grade Social Studies
Brief Description: - Thesaurus Poems
Brief Description: Students write poems using the thesaurus function on MS Word. They can use color and word art to "jazz" them up when they publish them. Vote For Me! 08 - Elmhurst
Brief Description: Students will vote for President in the Fall, 2008 Presidential Election. Students will learn about the voting process, the privilege and right to vote by registering and voting for their candidate. Students will review the results by popular vote and by electoral vote. effects of food choices on good health
Brief Description: Introducing the effects a healthy diet has on good health. What are healthy foods? Teaching students how to choose those foods that are good for their health. What are the effects will healthy eating have on good health? Write a Book Letter!
Brief Description: My fourth grade class in Illinois will read an independent reading book and write to me about their thoughts in response to their reading! Grosland's Quasar Research Project 2007-8
Brief Description: A QUASAR is thought to be an extremely distant, small, unusually bright center of a galaxy powered by a huge black hole. Studying quasars allows us to learn about how black holes work as well as the structure of the early Universe. Through this project, choose a quasar, request new telescope images of your quasar, create a plot of the quasar's light output, and submit your findings to an on-line catalogue of data that can be accessed by students, teachers, and astronomers. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation CI-TEAM Demonstration Program (award number 0537460). Technology in Ancient Civilizations
Brief Description: An examination of the use of technology in ancient civilizations. Copy of iVote '04 - Elmhurst
Brief Description: Students will vote for President in the Fall, 2004 Presidential Election. Students will learn about the voting process, the privilege and right to vote by registering and voting for their candidate. Students will review the results by popular vote and by electoral vote. Copy of iVOTE! '08 - Project Citizen eCourse
Brief Description: In this eCourse, you will learn how to use the Collaboratory to participate in Project Citizen as part of the iVOTE! '08 initiative. The goal of iVOTE! is to encourage Illinois youth to vote by helping them bridge the gap between civic engagement, which motivates youth today, and democratic participation, which shapes public policy in ways that will attract young voters. Project Citizen participants are invited to be a part of iVOTE! '08 with their projects. You will take and analyze a short opinion poll and see how a Cybrary can be used to share links to useful information. Then you will create, share, and discuss a short document on an issue that interests you. At the end of this eCourse, you will copy an iVOTE! '08 Project Citizen project that you can use with your class and create accounts for your students. iVOTE! '08 is supported by a grant from the McCormick Tribune foundation. Skokie School and the 3 R's
Brief Description: The 5th grade service learning students will decide how the school could be more environmentally friendly. They will actually put these ideas into action. **TAH Module Two Part A: The Protection of Freedom Project
Brief Description: This is a survey and study of the most enduring themes, problems, and crises in American history from 1877 to Present. Emphasis will be placed upon six significant social and political themes. **TAH Teaching American History Fall 2008 Collaboratory Workshop
Brief Description: This workshop provides an overview of how the Teaching American History (TAH) participants will use the Collaboratory to complete the Module assignments. *TAH Module One Part A: Freedom's Experiment - Project
Brief Description: This is a survey and study of the most enduring themes, problems, and crises in American history from the beginnings to the Civil War. Emphasis will be placed upon five significant social and political themes. ICT-didactiek
Brief Description: Workshop on Digital pedagogy MSP07: Mathematics - Student Achievement Data Report
Brief Description: Survey to obtain impact of MSP project on student achievement in mathematics and science. Pulsar Search Collaboratory- Rockwood
Brief Description: This project will involve high school students from Rockwood High School in the search for new pulsars. Copy of A Day at the South Pond
Brief Description: The Lincoln Park Zoo (LPZ), in partnership with the Northwestern University Collaboratory, Project invites all Illinois K-20 students to participate in A DAY AT THE SOUTH POND. Students visiting the LPZ South Pond collect data about the birds around the pond and the water quality of the pond. They then share journals of their day at the South Pond in the Collaboratory. Student Stories Podcast
Brief Description: Students will publish written commentary and stories by creating podcasts of their work. Copy of Songs My Family Taught Me
Brief Description: Classroom teachers, the music teacher, and the tech facilitator will help students identify songs they learned from family members. They will investigate the background of the songs. IDNR Illinois Biodiversity Spider Study - Bloomington
Brief Description: In this year-long biodiversity project from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) you will join other 4th, 5th and 6th grade Illinois students to collect data on the life cycle and activities of spider populations in and around your school that will help IDNR scientists learn more about spiders in Illinois. Statistics generated on March-11-2010 at 09:32:41PM |
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