Young Authors and Artists Collaborate on Humanitarian Project
Parents at a Washington state elementary school organized a Share a Story student enrichment project that promoted the literacy and humanitarian goals of the school. The students shipped more than 1,000 books to schools in the South Pacific. Among the books were 115 the students had written themselves! What they got in return was a lot of satisfaction --- and a big surprise!
GRADE LEVEL: 2 - 6
The Eagle Watch
The Eagle Watch Web site, created collaboratively by students at St. George's Day School and at Dyersburg Intermediate School in Dyersburg, Tennessee, focuses on the "life and legend" of the bald eagle.
GRADE LEVEL: Pre-K - 6
Fairy Tale Cyber Dictionary
Classrooms choose a fairy tale to create illustrations and sentences for each letter of the alphabet.
(3/1/00-12/31/00)
GRADE LEVEL: K-3
The MindsEye Monster Exchange Project: Monsters Made to Order!
The dog is brown. Does this sound like your students' idea of a descriptive sentence? The MindsEye Monster Exchange Project is ready to change that! A unique activity that has students writing descriptive paragraphs, this project is fast becoming an integral part of the language arts curriculum of many classrooms. What is the best part? Students get to use their imaginations to design their very own monsters! Included: Comments from teachers across the grades who have seen the educational value in this well-thought-out online project.
GRADE LEVEL: 2-8
Visible Knowledge Program
Visible Knowledge Program (VKP) pairs artist-instructors with high school educators and their students to explore new ways of integrating contemporary art with core high school curricula. Participating teachers are able to create special online classrooms and studios.
GRADE LEVEL: 9-12
The Refrigerator
A weekly art contest for children which displays their work on the site and lets users choose the winner for the week.
GRADE LEVEL: K-6
