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PROJECT IDEAS
Products you could make or create:

a logo
a movie
a package
a book
a story
a try ptich
a painting
a sculpture
a recipe
a recipe book
a quilt
a piece of kinetic art
a machine
an invention
a design
a blueprint
a trailer
an episode
a reality show
a soap opera
a theatre production
a musical
a comic book
a webisode
a website
a journal;
a children's book
a song
a ballad
a gift
a robot
a model
a mural
a toy
a game board
a costume
a vehicle
a floor plan
a store
a carnival
a street fair
a pictorial
an editorial
a newspaper
a publication
a workbook
a craft
a document
a documentary
a mocumentary
an election
an event
a cartoon
a character
a comic strip
a sign
a poster
a postage stamp
a bumper sticker
a service
a business
a remedy
a bridge
a tunnel
a neighborhood
a fantasy world
an archetype
a set of gods and goddesses
a dance
a ceremony
a ritual
a pet
a habitat
a display
a re-enactment
a myth
a tale
a fable
an autobiography
a family tree
a contest
an artifact
a poem
a haiku
a verse
lyrics
music
a band
a concert
a game to play
a videogame
a blog
a fabric
an experiment
a lesson
directions

ONLINE LEARNING RESOURCES
The International Association
for K-12 Online Learning

ONLINE CLASSES
The Keystone School

FIELD TRIPS
Conner Prairie History Park

CURRICULUM PLANNING

Understanding By Design
Authentic Education
TeAchnology

Assessing for Understanding

ASSESSMENTS

Backwards Design

Rubistar for Creating Rubrics

Balanced Assessments in Math

STUDENT-LED CONFERENCES

Portfolio Based Conferences

Education World
American Student Achievement Institute
Student Let Conferences Comway Middle School

STAFF DEVELOPMENT

National Middle School Assn.

Teachers.net

Responsive Classroom

Teacher Advancement Program

National Commission on Teaching Americas Future

CEI-PEA.org

ASCD

LEARNING CHALLENGES

ADHD and the Brain
Children and Adults with ADD
Misunderstood Minds
National Institute of
Mental Health

NEW

RECOMMENDED READING

Brain Rules
The Leader in Me
7 Habits of Highly Effective Families
Mindset by Carol Dweck
Outliers by Malcome Gladwell
Disrupting Class by Clayton M. Christensen
Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons by Howard Gardner
Choice Words
Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships by Daniel Goleman
Our Iceberg Is Melting by John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber, Peter Mueller, and Spenser Johnson
Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson
How to Talk So Kids Can Learn by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Positive Discipline in the Classroom: Developing Mutual Respect, Cooperation, and Responsibility in Your Classroom by Jane Ed.D. Nelsen (Author), Lynn Lott (Author), H. Stephen Glenn (Author)
The Homework Myth by Alfie Kohn
Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community by Alfie Kohn
Edutopia: Success Stories for Learning in the Digital Age by The George Lucas Educational Foundation
Dumbing us Down by John Taylor Gatto
The Power of Diversity (Visions of Education S.) by Prashnig, Barbara
Don't Move the Muffin Tins: A Hands-Off Guide to Art for the Young Child...
Psychology of Intelligence (Routledge Classics)
Theories of Childhood: An Introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget & Vygotsky
Thought and Language - Revised Edition
Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education: From Piaget to the Present Day (Fifty Key Thinkers) (Routledge Key Guides)
The More Ways You Teach the More Students You Reach: 86 Strategies for Differentiating Instruction
Differentiated Instruction: Different Strategies for Different Learners
Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children
Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food
What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action
The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures
Math Trek: Adventures in the Math Zone
Fractals, Googols, and Other Mathematical Tales
Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56
Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family/School Partnerships
An Ethic of Excellence: Building a Culture of Craftsmanship in Schools
Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century

Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers Work
A Room With a Different View: First Through Third Graders Build Community and Create Curriculum
Engaging Readers & Writers with Inquiry (Theory and Practice)
In the Mind's Eye: Visual Thinkers, Gifted People With Dyslexia and Other Learning Difficulties, Computer Images and the Ironies of Creativity
Exceeding The Standards
Mislabeled Child, The: How Understanding Your Child's Unique Learning Style Can Open the Door to Success
Math Wise!: Hands-On Activities and Investigations for Elementary Students
Mini-Lessons for Literature Circles
Give Me Half! (MathStart 2)
The Project Approach: Managing Successful Projects (Book 2) (Paperback) by Sylvia Chard (Author), Sylvia C. Chard (Author)
99 Activities And Greetings: Great For Morning Meeting... And Other Meetings, Too!
Classroom Spaces That Work (Strategies for Teachers Series, 3)
The First Six Weeks of School (Strategies for Teachers Series, 2)
Off to a Good Start: Launching the School Year (The Responsive Classroom Series, #1)
Rules in School (Strategies for Teachers, 4)
The Morning Meeting Book (Strategies for Teachers, 1)
Teaching the Restless: One School's Remarkable no-Ritalin Approach to Helping Children Learn and Succeed
Carschooling : Over 350 Entertaining Games & Activities to Turn Travel Time into LearningTime
Recognition Without Rewards (Building Connections) (Paperback) by Caren Cameron (Author), Colleen Politano (Author), Daphne MacNaughton (Author), Betty Tate (Author)
Integrating Differentiated Instruction with Understanding by Design
by Carol Ann Tomlinson and Jay McTighe
Published by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
The Case for Constructivist Classrooms
by Jacqueline Grennon Brooks and Martin G. Brooks 1999

Some Links for Curriculum

www.acsd.org/write

http://www.ubdexchange.org/

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/

PROJECT-BASED LEARNING

Project Foundry

Criteria for Authentic PBL

PBL Handbook

Video on PBL
Teaching Modules
PBL online teaching tool
Houghton Mifflin on PBL
Teacher Tap Inquiry
Tech Learning on PBL

How Stuff Works

National Geographic

Smithsonian Institution

The world's largest museum complex and research organization composed of 19 museums, 9 research centers, and the National Zoo

Time for Kids

Discover

Science, technology and the future.

HippoCampus

HippoCampus offers multimedia lessons and course materials to help with instruction, homework and studies. Browse multimedia lessons or complete courses, and find help with topics covered in popular textbooks.

The History Channel

A Maths Dictionary for Kids

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL

http://www.channing-bete.com/prevention-programs/paths/

http://www.cfchildren.org/programs/ssp/overview/

INTERDISCIPLINARY