Students research team topic using Internet, CDs, videos, oral interviews, and traditional printed resources. Students attend field trips. Students create scrapbook of project process. Students create team pages using web authoring software. Students review and complete KWL charts and celebrate once the site is uploaded and online.
Students write final reflective piece.
Our class painted a mural for our school as an offshoot of this project, but that's a whole other project in itself, and not one I'm addressing here. Web authoring software such as Claris Home Page FTP program such as Fetch Management Tips Develop KWL charts, project goals and timelines with class prior to beginning. Have students review and reflect at the end of the project. Be sure students have equal access to all resources they need, especially technological tools. If computer access is limited, have teams work on different aspects of their project while rotating students through set periods of computer access.