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By Ilvtching

Last year I did one take home project per marking period and didn't have a problem (I teach third grade). I think it depends on the means of the parents where you work. I would not have been able to do that at the last
school I worked in.

Some ideas:

State Fair---each student chose a state (they all had different ones) and they wrote a five paragraph report (had to have certain info.) and they created a tri fold board to present at the State fair. They had to have an attention getter (food, things from that state, pamphlets, etc) VERY FUN!

Science Fair--our school required participation

Biography papers--- students chose famous people, did research and wrote a paper. They they created a poster board and we had a wax museum...very fun.

Landforms---we also have an earth science unit on landforms (ties in with Soc. Stu also) I had a salt dough recipe that the kids used to create their own landforms. (They had to be real ones) Then they brought them to school and painted them. We also made brochures to go with them and displayed them for the school to see.

Instruments--We also have a sound unit for science. One year the kids made instruments and brought them in... they had to give a presentation...that was awesome.

I had rubrics for each project that I sent home with the directions so they knew exactly what they would be graded on. These are just some ideas I've done over the years.

Hope this helps.

Amy