Ideas for those of you who love extra learning and showing your creative side!
GAME - Create a game on a topic with instructions, game pieces and board. Test it on friends.
SCHOOL or TOWN VIDEO PROJECT - make a video on your school or town's history or present.
HOW-TO VIDEO PROJECT - create a how-to video to teach how to do something you know how to do well
ANIMAL PROJECT - Write a 1 page report on an animal and make a poster of information.
INVENTION - Make and build an invention that improves something. Bring it to school and present it to the class.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - Create a new musical instrument and make up a song using it.
ROBOT - Build a robot that helps around the house. Bring it to school and present it to the class.
BLUE PRINTS - Design blue prints and build a model for a future house or other building.
PUPPETS - Make puppets and do a show for the class with them.
TOY - Design a new toy. Test it and write up the results. Share it with the class.
SPORT - Design a new sport. Test it, write up the results.
COOKING - Make a new food recipe. Taste test it with a group of people. Write up the results in a graph. You can even bring it in for us to enjoy!
MAP - Draw a map of what you think the USA will look like in 1,000 years.
PLANET - Pretend you discovered a new planet and its inhabitants. Do a one page news report about it, a model of the planet, and a picture of the aliens.
ORIGAMI - Make 20 very well done different origami figures and make a directions poster for one of them.
TV SHOW - Make your own TV show or short film.
PET TRAINING - Train a pet to do a new, interesting trick, or set of tricks. Show a before, during, and after video of the training process.
MUSIC VIDEO - Create a music video using another musician's music or your own.
ORIGINAL SONGS - Write and record one of your own original songs (each song has to be 2 minutes long)
MUSICAL PARODIES - Write new lyrics to a well-known song.
PLAY - Write a live play/skit and invite other students to perform in it. You direct it and present it.
DRINK INVENTOR - Make up 2 or more of your own drink creations. Present the recipes on recipe cards along with samples and a create a graph of taste test results done with several people.
CHAPTER BOOK - Write a chapter book of 3 or more chapters.
MAGIC SHOW - Do a magic show using at least 5 tricks. (Costume required.) Present to the class.
POETRY - Write a book of 5+ poems you have written with pictures to go with each.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Write an autobiography and include pictures. This must have at least 5 major events in your life.
BIOGRAPHY - interview a living person and create a biography of them with pictures.
TEACHER BIOGRAPHY BOOK - Do a mini biography book of 5 teachers at your school and type it up. Get every teacher's permission to use anything they tell you.
VIDEO COMMERCIAL - Make a videotaped commercial for something you design or think up.
ENDANGERED SPECIES MOVIE - Make a movie about endangered species in general or one type of endangered or extinct animal.
TRANSPORTATION - Design a new form of transportation and build a model of it.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS - Do something specific to improve the school. First get permission from the principal or teacher if necessary. Examples: Plant a flower garden, organize a group of students to do regular weekly trash pick up from the grounds outside.
IMAGINARY ANIMAL REPORT - Create an imaginary animal and write a report about it as if it was real. Make a model and poster of it.
COMICS - Write a comic book or series of 4 or more cartoons from scratch.
COMIC REWRITE - Draw or design a comic book to retell a book or story.
LANGUAGE - Create a new language and teach it to the class. If it is just a written language, write a mini translation dictionary for it. If only oral, teach at least 8 words and the alphabet. Or do some combination of both.
VACATION SPOT - Design a new vacation spot - include a brochure and picture.
POETRY MUSIC - Write a poem and put it to music.
PEN PALS - Get a pen pal from a different state and exchange 2 letters with them.
COOKBOOK - Write a cookbook including at least 10 recipes or more. Demonstrate 2 or more of the recipes.
SPACE TRAVEL - Design 5 ways to make space travel more safe and more fun. Draw pictures and write explanations for each one.
FUN BOOK - Make a 3-page fun book with word searches, scramble puzzles and crosswords.
SIGN LANGUAGE - Learn 15 or more signs and teach to a class or to several friends.
SURVEYS - Survey your classmates (during free time) on 5 different topics of your choice and graph of all the results.
DANCE SHOW - Make up some (at least 3) dances and perform to the class.
NEW SONG - Learn to play a new song on an instrument. Perform for the class.
CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - Make a children's magazine and have the class read it and evaluate it.
INVENT A COUNTRY - Invent a a new country. Make it's flag and write a report. Show where it fits on the globe.
MODEL FLAGS - Make cloth models of the flags of 3 or more countries. Create a flag to represent you or your family.
BABYSITTING - Write a 2+ page babysitting manual. Take photos of you and your babysitter to include in it.
PIANO - Write some piano music and perform it for a group.
PIE MAKING - Learn to make the perfect pie crust. Make a new kind of pie and bring it to class with the recipe.
READING GOAL - Set a high reading goal and keep a record of how much you read. Reach the goal and then do a poster summary report of each of your 5 favorite books or 5 book reviews (good or bad) of those read during the goal.
OCEAN STUDY - Learn about the ocean. Make an ocean poster including facts about ocean animals and a model of your favorite ocean animal.
MARITIME ZOO - Pretend you can create a zoo of all different ocean animals and decide which ones you would like in it. Include at least 10 with several that hardly anyone knows about.
EDUCATIONAL BOOK - Write an educational book that is more than 5 pages and has fun activities to teach about a topic you enjoy. (e.g., some fact pages and some games - crosswords, etc. all about the same topic.)
SIGN LANGUAGE STORY - Learn to read a children's book in sign language and present it to the class. Have a friend read as you sign.
SIGN LANGUAGE SONG - Learn to sign a song and teach it to a group or teach to a group of friends to present to the class. Have a friend read as you sign.
GAME SHOW - Make a game show and try it with the class!
STORY WRITING - Write a 2 page creative story and share it with the class.
TRIVIA - Create a trivia game with a set of at least 20 cards and answers.
NEWSPAPER - Make a newspaper about our school and run 1 issue.
FAMOUS BUILDING MODEL - Make a 3D model of any famous building - e.g., Eiffel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa, World Trade Center, White House)
PHOTO EXPOSE' - Make a collection of photos all about one topic and a summary about what you studied.
TRAVELOGUE (REAL) - Make a journal of a trip you went on. Tell what you did each day. Make sure you have a visual picture/postcard/newspaper to accompany your journal. Write a recommendation of the neatest thing you did on vacation.
TRAVELOGUE (FANTASY) - Same as above, but with a trip you would LIKE To Take to a real or imaginary place. You may find magazine pictures for your visuals or draw them.
MERRY-GO-ROUND - Make a carousel model that works. To be more interesting, use different types of animals than horses.
SCIENCE - Find a really interesting science experiment. Practice it at home. Bring in materials and demonstrate to your class. Discuss with your teacher ahead of time and IF possible bring enough materials so the whole class can do the experiment. Direct or assist the whole class lesson.
COLLECTION DATABASE - Get a collection or bring in one you already have of something like rocks or stamps, etc.
WOODWORK - Build something out of wood. Explain how it is made.
DINOSAURS - Choose a type of dinosaur and create a model of its body. Write a 1 page report on it.
SPARKLE JARS - Make a sparkle jar (the kind where you shake them and it looks like snow) and a 1 page story to go with it.
TERRARIUM - Make a terrarium with live plants and fake animals.
CANDLES - Make candles (wax, beeswax, oil, sand, ice) and teach how to make them.
FLOWER PRESSING - Do at least 5 different flower pressings and make pictures from them.
QUILT - Make a quilt. You can get friends to make patches and then put it together. Be able to teach how to make a quilt.
WRITING UTENSIL - Make up a new type of writing utensil (it has to work). Then show the class how to use it!
SOAP SCULPTURES - Make 5 or more soap sculptures. Take pictures of them and share them with the class.
PET FUN BOX - Make a fun box for a pet like a guinea pig. Write a 1 page report about your pet and it's fun box.
MARIONETTE - Make a marionette (stick) puppet and do a puppet show with it.
PHOTO STORY - Take pictures to create a story. Write the story using the pictures.
DRESS UP BIOGRAPHY - Study someone famous or historical. Write a short biography of them. Dress up as this character and tell his/her story as if you were them to the class!
CREATE A CONTEST - Create a contest for your class. Figure out rules, where to collect entries, who will judge and how, and prizes. Get permission from the teacher first!
STUFFED ANIMAL - Make a stuffed animal.
DRAWINGS - Do 15 good drawings. Show to the group.
SCAVENGER HUNT - Make up a scavenger hunt for the class to do.
JEWELRY - Make some jewelry like a necklace, a bracelet and pair of earrings or pin. Wear them to school.
HAIR - Make a new hair holder - painted barrettes or new invention - wear it or get a friend to wear it.
POSTER - Make a poster/mural that teaches something, and share it with the class!
WORDS - Invent new meanings for 10 words and make sentences to go with them for examples.
PAPER MACHE' - Make a paper mache' model of something.
FLIP BOOK - Make a flip book.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE - Do a chart of foreign language translations (at least 20).
PAINTINGS - Do 3 nice paintings.
LIFE COLLAGE - Make a collage about your life!
YOUR CHOICE - If none of these appeal to you, make up your own project idea or combine several ideas and write it up as a proposal to your teacher.
SCHOOL or TOWN VIDEO PROJECT - make a video on your school or town's history or present.
HOW-TO VIDEO PROJECT - create a how-to video to teach how to do something you know how to do well
ANIMAL PROJECT - Write a 1 page report on an animal and make a poster of information.
INVENTION - Make and build an invention that improves something. Bring it to school and present it to the class.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - Create a new musical instrument and make up a song using it.
ROBOT - Build a robot that helps around the house. Bring it to school and present it to the class.
BLUE PRINTS - Design blue prints and build a model for a future house or other building.
PUPPETS - Make puppets and do a show for the class with them.
TOY - Design a new toy. Test it and write up the results. Share it with the class.
SPORT - Design a new sport. Test it, write up the results.
COOKING - Make a new food recipe. Taste test it with a group of people. Write up the results in a graph. You can even bring it in for us to enjoy!
MAP - Draw a map of what you think the USA will look like in 1,000 years.
PLANET - Pretend you discovered a new planet and its inhabitants. Do a one page news report about it, a model of the planet, and a picture of the aliens.
ORIGAMI - Make 20 very well done different origami figures and make a directions poster for one of them.
TV SHOW - Make your own TV show or short film.
PET TRAINING - Train a pet to do a new, interesting trick, or set of tricks. Show a before, during, and after video of the training process.
MUSIC VIDEO - Create a music video using another musician's music or your own.
ORIGINAL SONGS - Write and record one of your own original songs (each song has to be 2 minutes long)
MUSICAL PARODIES - Write new lyrics to a well-known song.
PLAY - Write a live play/skit and invite other students to perform in it. You direct it and present it.
DRINK INVENTOR - Make up 2 or more of your own drink creations. Present the recipes on recipe cards along with samples and a create a graph of taste test results done with several people.
CHAPTER BOOK - Write a chapter book of 3 or more chapters.
MAGIC SHOW - Do a magic show using at least 5 tricks. (Costume required.) Present to the class.
POETRY - Write a book of 5+ poems you have written with pictures to go with each.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Write an autobiography and include pictures. This must have at least 5 major events in your life.
BIOGRAPHY - interview a living person and create a biography of them with pictures.
TEACHER BIOGRAPHY BOOK - Do a mini biography book of 5 teachers at your school and type it up. Get every teacher's permission to use anything they tell you.
VIDEO COMMERCIAL - Make a videotaped commercial for something you design or think up.
ENDANGERED SPECIES MOVIE - Make a movie about endangered species in general or one type of endangered or extinct animal.
TRANSPORTATION - Design a new form of transportation and build a model of it.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS - Do something specific to improve the school. First get permission from the principal or teacher if necessary. Examples: Plant a flower garden, organize a group of students to do regular weekly trash pick up from the grounds outside.
IMAGINARY ANIMAL REPORT - Create an imaginary animal and write a report about it as if it was real. Make a model and poster of it.
COMICS - Write a comic book or series of 4 or more cartoons from scratch.
COMIC REWRITE - Draw or design a comic book to retell a book or story.
LANGUAGE - Create a new language and teach it to the class. If it is just a written language, write a mini translation dictionary for it. If only oral, teach at least 8 words and the alphabet. Or do some combination of both.
VACATION SPOT - Design a new vacation spot - include a brochure and picture.
POETRY MUSIC - Write a poem and put it to music.
PEN PALS - Get a pen pal from a different state and exchange 2 letters with them.
COOKBOOK - Write a cookbook including at least 10 recipes or more. Demonstrate 2 or more of the recipes.
SPACE TRAVEL - Design 5 ways to make space travel more safe and more fun. Draw pictures and write explanations for each one.
FUN BOOK - Make a 3-page fun book with word searches, scramble puzzles and crosswords.
SIGN LANGUAGE - Learn 15 or more signs and teach to a class or to several friends.
SURVEYS - Survey your classmates (during free time) on 5 different topics of your choice and graph of all the results.
DANCE SHOW - Make up some (at least 3) dances and perform to the class.
NEW SONG - Learn to play a new song on an instrument. Perform for the class.
CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - Make a children's magazine and have the class read it and evaluate it.
INVENT A COUNTRY - Invent a a new country. Make it's flag and write a report. Show where it fits on the globe.
MODEL FLAGS - Make cloth models of the flags of 3 or more countries. Create a flag to represent you or your family.
BABYSITTING - Write a 2+ page babysitting manual. Take photos of you and your babysitter to include in it.
PIANO - Write some piano music and perform it for a group.
PIE MAKING - Learn to make the perfect pie crust. Make a new kind of pie and bring it to class with the recipe.
READING GOAL - Set a high reading goal and keep a record of how much you read. Reach the goal and then do a poster summary report of each of your 5 favorite books or 5 book reviews (good or bad) of those read during the goal.
OCEAN STUDY - Learn about the ocean. Make an ocean poster including facts about ocean animals and a model of your favorite ocean animal.
MARITIME ZOO - Pretend you can create a zoo of all different ocean animals and decide which ones you would like in it. Include at least 10 with several that hardly anyone knows about.
EDUCATIONAL BOOK - Write an educational book that is more than 5 pages and has fun activities to teach about a topic you enjoy. (e.g., some fact pages and some games - crosswords, etc. all about the same topic.)
SIGN LANGUAGE STORY - Learn to read a children's book in sign language and present it to the class. Have a friend read as you sign.
SIGN LANGUAGE SONG - Learn to sign a song and teach it to a group or teach to a group of friends to present to the class. Have a friend read as you sign.
GAME SHOW - Make a game show and try it with the class!
STORY WRITING - Write a 2 page creative story and share it with the class.
TRIVIA - Create a trivia game with a set of at least 20 cards and answers.
NEWSPAPER - Make a newspaper about our school and run 1 issue.
FAMOUS BUILDING MODEL - Make a 3D model of any famous building - e.g., Eiffel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa, World Trade Center, White House)
PHOTO EXPOSE' - Make a collection of photos all about one topic and a summary about what you studied.
TRAVELOGUE (REAL) - Make a journal of a trip you went on. Tell what you did each day. Make sure you have a visual picture/postcard/newspaper to accompany your journal. Write a recommendation of the neatest thing you did on vacation.
TRAVELOGUE (FANTASY) - Same as above, but with a trip you would LIKE To Take to a real or imaginary place. You may find magazine pictures for your visuals or draw them.
MERRY-GO-ROUND - Make a carousel model that works. To be more interesting, use different types of animals than horses.
SCIENCE - Find a really interesting science experiment. Practice it at home. Bring in materials and demonstrate to your class. Discuss with your teacher ahead of time and IF possible bring enough materials so the whole class can do the experiment. Direct or assist the whole class lesson.
COLLECTION DATABASE - Get a collection or bring in one you already have of something like rocks or stamps, etc.
WOODWORK - Build something out of wood. Explain how it is made.
DINOSAURS - Choose a type of dinosaur and create a model of its body. Write a 1 page report on it.
SPARKLE JARS - Make a sparkle jar (the kind where you shake them and it looks like snow) and a 1 page story to go with it.
TERRARIUM - Make a terrarium with live plants and fake animals.
CANDLES - Make candles (wax, beeswax, oil, sand, ice) and teach how to make them.
FLOWER PRESSING - Do at least 5 different flower pressings and make pictures from them.
QUILT - Make a quilt. You can get friends to make patches and then put it together. Be able to teach how to make a quilt.
WRITING UTENSIL - Make up a new type of writing utensil (it has to work). Then show the class how to use it!
SOAP SCULPTURES - Make 5 or more soap sculptures. Take pictures of them and share them with the class.
PET FUN BOX - Make a fun box for a pet like a guinea pig. Write a 1 page report about your pet and it's fun box.
MARIONETTE - Make a marionette (stick) puppet and do a puppet show with it.
PHOTO STORY - Take pictures to create a story. Write the story using the pictures.
DRESS UP BIOGRAPHY - Study someone famous or historical. Write a short biography of them. Dress up as this character and tell his/her story as if you were them to the class!
CREATE A CONTEST - Create a contest for your class. Figure out rules, where to collect entries, who will judge and how, and prizes. Get permission from the teacher first!
STUFFED ANIMAL - Make a stuffed animal.
DRAWINGS - Do 15 good drawings. Show to the group.
SCAVENGER HUNT - Make up a scavenger hunt for the class to do.
JEWELRY - Make some jewelry like a necklace, a bracelet and pair of earrings or pin. Wear them to school.
HAIR - Make a new hair holder - painted barrettes or new invention - wear it or get a friend to wear it.
POSTER - Make a poster/mural that teaches something, and share it with the class!
WORDS - Invent new meanings for 10 words and make sentences to go with them for examples.
PAPER MACHE' - Make a paper mache' model of something.
FLIP BOOK - Make a flip book.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE - Do a chart of foreign language translations (at least 20).
PAINTINGS - Do 3 nice paintings.
LIFE COLLAGE - Make a collage about your life!
YOUR CHOICE - If none of these appeal to you, make up your own project idea or combine several ideas and write it up as a proposal to your teacher.