Sara+Moore+-+Collaborative

A collaborative project is intended to allow interested individuals (students and teachers) at different institutions to collaborate on research projects / activities in a meaningful way.
 * Collaborative Project **


 * **National Math Trail**
 * http://www.nationalmathtrail.org/
 * Participation in the National Math Trail would be an excellent opportunity for my students to be able to communicate with their peers across the country, make their math applicable to the real-world and allow them to be in control of their learning. I imagine, students would be so excited about coming up with various math problems in our community, they might not even realize their doing math!


 * **CyberFair**
 * http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsncf/
 * This is an internationally acclaimed collaborative project where schools can potentially earn rewards. Each year, there is a theme, and students need to collaborate with their community members and gather resources via the internet in order to participate in this project. This project fosters cooperative learning and builds relationships among schools and their community. It definitely incorporates essential 21st century skills and covers a variety of areas of the curriculum.


 * **Project Big Mac**
 * http://www.goodmansonline.com/jim/projectbigmac/
 * This collaborative project has students look at prices of Big Mac’s all over the world. It touches on areas of the curriculum such as math, economics and social studies. It’s a great way to get students to discuss the lives and economies of foreign countries and allows them to put something familiar to them (the price of a Big Mac) and apply that to understand the economic structure of another country.


 * **Oceans Connecting a Nation**
 * http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/oceansproj_new/index.html
 * This collaborative project is designed for students to see how humans are impacting oceans. The project has students focusing on the nitrogen cycle, and how the increase of nitrogen in the soil causes adverse affects for our oceans. After they collect their water and soil samples, they share their information with students in other places and compare and analyze the data.


 * **Down the Drain. How much water do you use?**
 * http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/drainproj/
 * This project has students taking data on how much water they use. They then compare that to what other students across the country are using and compare it to themselves and the amount of water we should be using. It’s a great way to put into perspective the amount of water wasted every day!


 * **ePals Global Community**
 * http://www.epals.com/
 * This site is designed for students to communicate with their peers from around the world. It allows students to have discussions with other students in a safe environment.