Twenty-four paper craft projects for elementary school children. (CM)

Utopolis, an imaginary community, was created by 48 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students. Given only geographical boundaries, the group created the town complete with its many complex and interrelated problems. (NQ)

One is always looking for new projects for students that will be of lasting benefit and also stimulate enthusiasm and thinking. A teacher at Wingate High School, New Mexico, a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, combines Navajo weaving with magazine writing in order to interest and stimulate her students. (Author/RK)

It is great fun trying new ideas and experiments with materials and media in the classroom. Her students work on a project, making faces and figures fit bottles, that challenges their imagination. As well, they also learn a new use for scrap materials. (Author/RK)

A description of two projects (secretarial handbook and memo pad and personalized stationery) for use in teaching the duplication process that will capture the interests of students in an advanced typewriting class. (HD)

Activities for linking vocational student organizations with the community include student "takeover" of local businesses, job shadowing, service projects, guest speakers, student-organized field trips, employer-employee banquets, competitions, and alumni involvement. (SK)

Describes the graduation exhibitions--a student-centered culminating project that each graduating student at the Greenwood Laboratory School in Springfield, Missouri, presented to an audience for review. Notes that the graduation requirement is intended to hold graduates accountable for their learning. (SR)

Describes how engineering students at a Midwestern university submit final drafts of senior design projects for area businesses and industries in commercial-style formats (rather than in academic formats). Argues that this not only increases the scope and responsibility of writing instruction, but also better prepares students to adapt to…

Elementary students (grades 3-5) at Hopkins Magnet Academy in Victoria, Texas write, produce, and broadcast their school's morning announcements using a closed-circuit video network. Describes resources, other uses for the audio/video network, and a representative morning's preparations for and production of the morning announcements. (PEN)

Points out that pupils often misunderstand the concepts of accuracy and reliability. Introduces a course in which students are involved in a two-week practical project that emphasizes checking anomalous points, improving accuracy, and making readings more sensitive. Describes the process of teaching students how to prepare their projects.…

Describes a research assignment for 8th grade students on the elements of the periodic table. Students use web-based resources and a chemistry handbook to gather information, construct concept maps, and present the findings to the full class using the mode of their choice: a humorous story, a slideshow or gameboard, a brochure, a song, or skit.…

Presents an exercise and tools to help student groups deal with challenges of project work outside class. Self- and group reflection, discussion, coordination tips, and mid- and end-of-project follow-up are techniques designed to help students anticipate and resolve problems with group process. (SK)

Describes one high school's "senior project," a graduation requirement for all students which involves: (1) writing a research paper; (2) developing a project related to the paper; and (3) delivering an oral presentation to a panel of judges selected from faculty, administrators, classified staff, and community members. (MM)

Describes three alternatives to the student research report: (1) collaborative research; (2) Ken Macrorie's "I-Search"; and (3) the saturation report. Notes that all three activities are concerned with integrating inquiry, learning, and writing. (MM)

A nursing education program uses group projects to resolve the problem of whether the purpose is to teach students to read research or to conduct it. The project approach focuses on types of research decisions rather than results, giving students insight into the "hidden" research process. (SK)