Examples of Projects

Early Childhood Research & Practice

http://ecrp.uiuc.edu
Each issue of ECRP contains a project description by a practitioner. Specific projects include:

• Investigating the Tallgrass Prairie
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v10n1/burns.html
  Una investigación de la pradera de hierbas altas
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v10n1/burns-sp.html
• The Baby Project
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v9n2/harden.html
  El Proyecto de los Bebés
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v9n2/harden-sp.html
• The Hospital Project
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v9n1/sanchez.html
  El Proyecto del Hospital
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v9n1/sanchez-sp.html
• The Birds and Their Nests Project
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v8n1/elizondo.html
  El Proyecto de los Pájaros y sus Nidos
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v8n1/elizondo-sp.html
• Project Katrina
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v7n2/aghayan.html
  El Proyecto Katrina
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v7n2/aghayan-sp.html
• The Lunch Project
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v7n1/floerchinger.html
  El Proyecto de Almuerzos
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v7n1/floerchinger-sp.html
• The Food and Restaurant Project
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v7n1/nacif.html
  El proyecto de alimentos y restaurantes
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v7n1/nacif-sp.html
• The Chicken and Egg Project
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v6n2/alkon.html
  El proyecto de gallinas y huevos
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v6n2/alkon-sp.html
• Looking at the Trees around Us
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v6n1/bellous.html
  Una mirada a los árboles que nos rodean
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v6n1/bellous-sp.html
• The Llama Project
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v5n2/ganzel.html
• A Study of Bones
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v5n1/kogan.html
  Un estudio de huesos
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v5n1/kogan-sp.html
• The Apple Project
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v4n2/danyi.html
• Faces to the Window: The Construction Project
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v4n1/berry.html
• Purposeful Learning: A Study of Water
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v3n2/dixon.html
• The Combine Project
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v3n1/wilson.html
  El proyecto de la cosechadora: una experiencia en una clase bilingüe
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v3n1/wilson-sp.html
• The Hairy Head Project
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v2n2/gallick.html
• The School Bus Project
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v1n2/harkema.html

Project Approach Catalogs Online

http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/index.html
The Project Approach catalogs, which contain project descriptions as well as articles related to project work, are available at no cost on the Clearinghouse for Early Education and Parenting Web site. The first three catalogs, edited by Judy Harris Helm, were prepared for the annual meetings of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The fourth catalog was prepared for a meeting of the Midwest Association for the Education of Young Children.

• The Project Approach Catalog
  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/books/project.html
• Project Approach Catalog 2
  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/books/projcat2.html
• Project Approach Catalog 3
  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/books/projcat3.html
• Project Approach Catalog 4
  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/pubs/projcat4.html
  

Project Approach Home Page

http://www.projectapproach.org

Specific projects include:

• Truck Project
  http://www.projectapproach.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=80
• Pet Project
  http://www.projectapproach.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=80
• Little Park
  http://www.projectapproach.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=80
• Grocery Store
  http://www.projectapproach.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=80
• Clubhouse Project
  http://www.projectapproach.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=80

University Primary School, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/ups/
Specific projects include:

• How to Stay Safe and Well: Queries into Food and Fire (2 projects)
  http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/ups/curriculum2003/index.html
• Expanding Our Horizons: Investigating Music and Measurement (2 projects)
  http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/ups/curriculum2002/
• Investigating Our Surroundings
  http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/ups/curriculum2001/

Other Publications

• All About Balls: A Preschool Project
  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/poptopics/project/allballs.html

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