Gives multiple options for student's projects

1. STUDENT PROJECT CONTRACT
Complete all of the following sections. Set up a conference with your teacher to review this
information. Have a parent or guardian sign it before your conference.
Name: Period:
What things about the subject we are studying interest you?
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
Circle the best goal(s) for this project:
making comparisons dissecting something conducting an evaluation
collecting something measuring something analyzing/taking item apart
composing something identifying parts of item labeling
writing summaries criticizing something explaining something
demonstrating something solving a problem making a substitution
memorizing dramatizing defending something
observing something making a guess/testing it changing something
improving something using item in different way building something
surveying something putting something in order originating new idea
adding to something defining something describing something
starting something getting people’s reactions conducting an experiment
predicting the future forming a philosophy designing something
making recommendations imagining something finding examples
writing painting inventing
Circle the best resources for this project:
phone book pamphlets brochures magazines books
library atlas dictionary encyclopedias almanac
films slides interviews surveys photographs
observations television experiments models textbooks
radio catalogs field trips how-to books questions
letters samples pictures/prints diagrams graphs
newspapers business visits school visits biographies industry visits
schools farms service agencies records clubs
travel agency community agencies senior citizens friends, neighbors laboratory
stores performances games computer programs hypercard stacks
video tapes other:

2. Circle the best method(s) for sharing this project:
map puzzle song questionnaire diagram
flag model dictionary sculpture scrapbook
time line CD/DVD PowerPoint discussion graph
demonstration collection toy debate advertisement
poem museum display diary entries cooking learning center
machine model mobile portfolio samples book mock trial
charts news account photographs play diorama
letters product award art work shadow box
pop-up models 3-D models dance board game game show
placemat teach lesson radio show secret code cartoon
bulletin board collage family tree costume party/celebration
puppet show statue debate recipe campaign
painting story poster music composition time line
mural flip charts speakers overhead displays Podcast
Blog Webpage Interactive computer experience
Circle the equipment and materials you will need to share this project:
CD Player VCR computer projector SMART Board headphones
microphone computer computer printer digital camera video camera
bulletin board display board record player MP3 Player laminator
puppet stage CPS System Other:
What other supplies will you need? Where will you get them?
If you are working with another teacher or community mentor, when will you meet?
Explain how your project connects learning from at least two other subjects. (English,
reading, math, science, social studies, PE/Health, Fine/Performing/Applied Arts, electives).
Circle which intelligence(s) will be practiced when you develop AND share your project?
Body/Kinesthetic Interpersonal Intrapersonal Logical/Mathematical
Musical/Rhythmic Verbal/Linguistic Visual/Spatial
Student Parent Teacher
Project begins: Project is due: Project to be shared:

3. Kinesthetic Products
apparatus hand puppet
aquarium hat
ballet instruments
card game interpretive dance
cardboard relief invention
ceramics jigsaw puzzle
charade kite
clothing learning center
collage machine
dance macramé
demonstration marionette
device mime
diorama mobile
display model
dramatization monument
equipment movement game
etching musical instrument
experiment observations
field trip origami
finger puppets paper mache’
food prototype
furniture puppet
gadget puppet show
game puzzle
gauge quilt

4. Visual Products
advertisement editorial cartoon painting
album fabric pamphlet
anagram film pattern
animation filmstrip pennant
annotated bibliography flag PERT chart
area graph flannel board photo essay
artifact collection flash card photograph
award flip chart pictograph
banner flowchart picture dictionary
bar chart gallery pie chart
block picture story graph plan
blueprint graphic playing card
book jacket greeting card polar chart
booklet hieroglyphic poster
bookmark high/low chart puzzle
brochure hologram scatter graph
bullet chart icon scenario
bulletin board identification cards scrapbook
calendar identification chart scroll
cardboard relief illustration sign
cartoon imprint silk screen
chart information table slide show
checklist jigsaw puzzle stencil
collage layout stick puppet
collection line chart television commercial
column chart lithograph timeline
comic book map transparency
costume mask travel advertisement
cross-section meter travel log
crossword puzzle mobile tree chart
design mosaic video/podcast/blog
diagram movie wall hanging
diorama mural weather map
display museum web
display case newscast window shade
double-y chart newspaper ad word game
drawing outline word search

5. Written Products
advertisement joke quatrain
autobiography joke book questionnaire
biography journal questions
book report journal article quiz
booklet label radio script
brochure law rationale
business letter lesson plan recipe
celebrity profile letter reference
characterization letter of request report
checklist letter to editor research report
classification list limerick review
classified advertisement list rewritten ending
comic book log riddle
commercial script lyrics satire
comparison magazine science fiction
computer program magazine article scroll
couplet manual short story
creative writing memorandum skit
critique metaphor slogan
database myth speech
description new story ending story
dialogue newsletter story problems
diary newspaper survey
dictionary newspaper article tall tale
editorial notes taxonomy
essay novel telegram
fact file oath television script
fairy tale observation sheet term paper
field manual outline test
free verse pamphlet textbook
friendly letter parody theory
glossary patent title poem
guidebook pen pal travel log
handbook petition triangle poem
handout plan triplet
headline play vocabulary list
history poem worksheet
index prediction yearbook
interview script profile
job description puppet show

6. Oral Products
anecdote lecture
audio tape recording lesson
ballad limerick
book report mock interview
campaign speech monologue
characterization myth
choral reading/speech newscast
cinquain nursery rhyme
comedy act oral report
comparison quatrain
conference presentation radio announcement
couplet radio commentary
debate radio commercial
description rap
dialog recorded dialog
discussion rhyme
documentary riddle
dramatization role-play
explanation song
fairy tale speech
free verse story telling
jingle symposium discussion
joke

7. Catalysts Actions Products
advertisements accepts advertisements
artistic performances adapts advice column
autobiographical stories, sketches changes book jackets
cartoons displays brochures
commercials explores bus/walking tours
computer software analyzes cartoons
cultural experiences compares collages
demonstrations designs consumer reports
diagrams, charts evaluates debates
fables, folk tales, myths hypothesizes demonstrations
interviews investigates dramatic reading
music predicts experiments
out of classroom experiences produces flow charts
uncaptioned pictures adapts games
picture books discusses illustrations
scenarios volunteers jingles
situational dilemmas collaborates masks
slogans communicates mobiles
television programs displays mock trial
timelines engages pamphlets
expresses photo essays
integrates plays
motivates puppet shows
organizes round table
responds simulation
synthesizes survival packs
communicates timelines
discovers video/podcast/blog