Submit a Project

Please have the following information ready to copy into the submission form:

Teacher Information
Your name, address, center or program affiliation, and contact information (phone and email); please indicate the best time to contact you, if you list a phone number.

General information about the project

Title of the project
Age level(s) of the children who participated in the project
Number of children involved
Multi-age or single age? Half-day or full-day setting?
Name of the school or center, and the city and county in which the project was conducted
Length of time required to complete the project
Number and names of teacher(s) involved in the project

Phase 1: Beginning the Project

Why was the topic chosen?
Was there a focusing event to begin the project? What was it?
Did you create a topical web about children's knowledge before the project started?
Did children represent their beginning knowledge and experiences with the topic before the investigation?
What questions did the class decide to investigate? How were these questions generated and recorded?
What were teachers’ expectations for the project?

Phase 2: Developing the Project

What investigations occurred?
What field sites were visited? What experts were interviewed on site and in the classroom?
How did investigation questions change or become redirected by field work or interviewing experts?
What print, online, or human resources were valuable?
How were parents involved in the experience?
How did children represent their learning? (drawings, sculptures, play environments, plays, books, videos, etc.)

Phase 3: Concluding the Project

What culminating event closed the project?
How was the project shared with parents and/or the community?
What did children learn from the project? (Knowledge? Skills? Dispositions?)

Teacher Reflection
Share your thoughts about the project. You may want to focus on one or more of these questions:

Reflecting on this project, what did you learn as a teacher?
How did the project surprise you in the way that it progressed?
Was this a good topic?
What was especially meaningful to you?
What was difficult for you and/or what was easier then you thought it would be?
Was there a child who especially benefited from the experience?
What would you do differently in this project if you did it again?

Submission Form

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