Academic
Comptetitions.................70
American
Statistical Association Poster and Project Competitions (K -
12)
Continental
Mathematics League (Grades 2 -
9)
Craftsman/NSTA
Young Inventors Awards Program (Grades 2 -
8)
First
LEGO League (FLL) Jr. Robotics Competition
(ages
9 - 14)
Let's
Get Real Team Academic Competitions
(Grades
6 - 12)
Mathcounts
, National Society of Professional Engineers Information
Center
(middle grades math competition)
Mathematical
Olympiads for Elementary and Middle
Schools
Mathematics
Pentathlon (K - 7)
NASA
Student Involvement Program (K -
12)
Aerospace
Technology Engineering Challenge (ATEC)
Space
Day Design Challenges Theme
Return
to the Moon
National
Engineers Week Future City Competition
(K
- 12)
Odyssey
of the Mind (K - College)
Science
Olympiad (Elementary - HS)
ThinkQuest
(Primary - HS)
Toshiba/NSTA
ExploraVision Awards (K - 12)
National
Geography Bee
Johns
Hopkins University
Center for Talented Youth
Something
to think about...
Filamentality
Cooperative
Learning.....................72
Cooperative Learning
Elementary Activities
Instructional
Strategies Online
Cooperative
learning is an instructional
strategy
resource
Jigsaw
in 10 Easy Steps
Beginning Research
Activities use primary
sources, they develop important analytical skills.
Activity
1:
Activity
2:
Activity
3:
Activity
4:
Activity
5:
Harriet
Beecher Stowe
NARA
Digital Classroom
Task
Oriented Question Construction
Wheel
Webquests
......................
78
The
Webquest Page
WebQuest
Story
Inquiry / Constructivist
Learning
Debates
......................78
World
Debating Website
Debating
Tutorial
One
Page Tutorial
Simulations.....................79
Simulations from
Canada
Real
Lives
National Stock Market
Simulation
A
Web-based Interactive Stock Market
Learning Project for
K-12
RESEARCH-What
does research say about outcomes
from project-based
learning?
Intel Units Ready to
GO!
PBL
with Multimedia Topics
Illinois
Mathematics and Science Academy
Sleuths
Problem-Based
Learning
Problem
Based Economics (PBE) Units
Problem
Based Government units
Problem
Based Learning
Literacy...............................82
Literature
Units to Foster Critical Thinking
CyberGuides Teacher
Guides and Student Activities:
Writing fractured Fairy
Tales.
Journaling
Lit
Circle Jobs......................84
The Official Website of
Room 34 and Mr. Coley
Discussion
Director Word
Finder Correspondent
Connector
Illustrator
Assignment
Sheet
Socratic
Seminars .............................89
Junior
Great Books
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