Project Databases

Co-nect Teleprojects
CO-NECT is a national organization that provides school improvement services, including a number of teleprojects and sponsorship of Connecting to Kids, featuring Kids Who Know and Do and Project-Based Learning, a national conference that takes place in May each year. There are a small number of projects listed here that you might consider joining.

Global Schoolhouse
Global SchoolNet Foundation is a nonprofit educational organization that promotes project-based learning. It has many links of interest to teachers, including a professional development area that has a link to articles on NetPBL, a term now being used for PBL projects in which collaboration takes place over the Internet. The Global Schoolhouse has more than 800 projects registered. You can search by age level, starting date, subject area, and even complexity of the project.

iEARN- International Education and Resource Network
iEARN is a nonprofit global network designed to support collaborative projects among young people. Classrooms may join iEARN and participate in the many ongoing projects in their database, or teachers may submit projects of their own. The project database is searchable by subject area and grade level.

Creative Connections Project: Let’s Go! Around the World
Creative Connections is a not-for-profit (sponsored by The New York Foundation for the Arts) project which provides an educational website with online activities and links to art exchanges and shared study partnerships with classrooms in selected regions of the world.

Journey North
In this Annenberg/CPB funded project, classrooms study migration of species north in the spring and south in the fall and report their observations to the Web-based searchable database so that all students can learn the meaning of being part of a large research project.

Monarch Watch
The Monarch Watch website encourages you to join in the study of the monarch butterflies by raising them or studying them as they pass through your region. The site has research information and links, projects you can do in your school, newsletters, and online ordering to buy the kits you need for the projects.

NASA Quests
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides this virtual space in which there are a number of different kinds of opportunities for learning for K-12 students. These include Webcasts, live chats with NASA personnel, informational resources and activities, a space for teachers to interact, and opportunities for classes of students to collaborate.

TakingITGlobal
TakingITGlobal (TIG) is an organization founded by teenagers that provides a website to encourage young people to learn about other points of view and to volunteer to make a difference in the world. The TIG site introduces young people from around the world to discuss current issues and topics of interest, share their art and writing, and provide service to their own communities.