Shorter+Projects

[|Global Schoolnet]The mission is to provde a living curriculum that makes the world a laboratory and promotes the quest for lifelong learning. Educators meet to collaborate on books, what happened on the day students were born, ecology, and more.

UNICEF World Math Day
 * World Maths Day** (//World Math Day// in American English) is an online international mathematics competition. In 2007, World Maths Day was originally held on the March 14 ([|Pi Day]), and then on the 1st Wednesday in March in subsequent years. Despite these origins, the phrases "World Maths Day" and "World Math Day" are trademarks and not to be confused with other competitions such as the [|International Mathematical Olympiad] or days such as [|Pi Day]. In 2011, World Maths Day was held on Tuesday 1 March. Registrations opened on 1 February 2011.

MyHero.com The mission of MY HERO is to use media and technology to celebrate the best of humanity and to empower people of all ages to realize their own potential to effect positive change in the world.

ThinkQuest This is a protected, onine learning platform that "enables teachers to integrate learning projects into their classroom curriculum and students to develop 21st century skills". Secure email allows students to communicate with students. The site has several beginner proejcts for Grades 5 to 8, such as sking students to describe their community to someone from another country.

Flat Stanley Paper or virtual Stanleys travel the world, sharing adventures, plotting visits on a map, and sometimes calculating how far the have traveled. Flat Classroom Project

Global Dreamers Share holiday and peace projects and more here.

UN Day of Peace Sign up to share your events.

Talking Kites Students make kites to fly as a massive tribute dedicated to advancing the cultural and social dialog, a symbol of bridging the gap and understanding the "other." This will hopefully become a continuous tradition of flying kites with personal and group images of our dreams for a better world, a world of co-existence, tolerance, acceptance of the "other" and peace.

Teddy Bear This project aims to foster tolerance and understanding of cultures other than your own. After teachers register, the facilitator matches you with a partner class. Once paired, classes send each other a Teddy Bear or other soft toy by airmail through the normal postal system. The bear sends home diary messages by email or through the iEARN Teddy Bear Forum at least once a week. The students write the diary messages as if they are the visiting bear describing its experiences in the new culture. Available for Prep/Kinder to Year 9, this project provides opportunities for authentic writing by providing the students with a real audience.

E-Ditarod Follow the race!