Epals Classroom Exchange  Teacher monitored emails accounts  for students. Use the login: emorriscox and the password: emorriscox  Then click on the projects link on the left hand margin.

Ask an Expert  Askanexpert.com connects you with hundreds of  real world experts, ranging from astronauts to zookeepers. These experts have volunteered to answer your questions for free!

NASA Initiatives Turn Students into Scientists   "My students felt like real research scientists as they entered data on a star census map. They had learned to collect, analyze, and share information. I will always remember this activity because it was the turning point for me -- the first time I became confident in my own ability to conduct scientific investigations."

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf     We know from best practice that children retain information that is pertinent to them. As young children, their first encounter with wolves is through Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs. This four week unit allows students to make an in-depth study of an endangered species, the gray wolf, and will dispel the fictional myth.

Simulating and Experience

The Jason Project  The JASON Project takes students and teachers on real-world expeditions via the Internet, where they also can share experiences and research with other classes doing the same work.

4H Children’s Garden Kids’ Tour  Our goal is to elegantly integrate technology to extend the benefits of the garden to make it accessible worldwide, anytime day or night, winter or summer. It will allow parents, teachers, and kids to visit the virtual garden before and after going to the real garden.

The National Math Trail  National Math Trail is an Internet-based project for K-12 teachers and students to discover and share the math that exists in their own environments. Students explore their communities and create one or more math problems that relate to what they find. Teachers submit the problems to the National Math Trail site, along with photos, drawings, sound recordings, videos--whatever can be adapted to the Internet. 

Quilting and Geometry-Patterns for Living  A unit designed to provide opportunities for practical application and problem solving of geometric concepts, as well as communicating and developing mathematical reasoning.