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Great opportunities here for authentic learning...

free tools challenge -- See the menu on the Left with all the different tools in the Teacher Challenge

See the menu on the Left with all the different tools in the Teacher Challenge

"All students and educators participating in the challenge will have their name flown on the Exploration Flight Test-I mission as a member of the virtual crew. This mission will be unmanned and will launch in late 2014. So, kids can be a "virtual explorer." There are 4 challenges, age appropriate, to help design protective radiation protection for astronauts. We need to get students interest in space travel for a variety of reasons. This is a lovely real world project for students to join. "The goal of the Exploration Design Challenge is for students to research and design ways to protect astronauts from space radiation. NASA and Lockheed Martin are developing the Orion spacecraft that will carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit and on to an asteroid or Mars. Protecting astronauts from radiation on these distant travels is an important -- and very real -- problem that needs solving. NASA would like your help!"

This challenge will help you set up your own class/teacher blog. If you complete the challenge, you can also use it towards the PU Online Blogging Class.

I think our CCs should enter your lesson improvements/pbls to this contest. You might even win $500 cash.

The Student Blogging Challenge for spring is starting in March. Here's wehre you can register your class. Note, ECE is preschool-1st grade; LP is lower primary which we call Primary; UP is upper primary which we call Elementary. =) Their Aussie terms are a little different than ours. For more info on the challenge, visit http://studentchallenge.edublogs.org/

There are challenges for internet searching that has culture, geography, history, or science as the theme.

The student blogging challenge starts next week. Here's the page to register your class. Remember, you can choose which challenges to participate in. It's a great way to build an authentic audience for your students!

Love this idea of a 100 word challenge

If classes want to sign up for the March blogging challenge, this is the link to register.

I love this challenge on learning how to use Creative Commons!

"The Innovation Math is a challenge for educators, student teams, gamers, programmers, and anyone who has a great idea to create fun and engaging math educational media. "

Classroom Challenge -- (PS If the entire school signs up and does it, then they might get prizes) -- The tutorials for learning how to do computer coding are also awesome math and critical thinking lessons! "Even if you aren't a student, you can take the Hour of Code yourself during Dec. 9-15. And you can help us recruit others to join the movement - at school, in your workplace, in the community. If you are an educator, host the Hour of Code as an activity in your classroom. If you're an organizer or employer, host an Hour of Code event as a team-building exercise, after-school activity in a club, or elsewhere in your community. Click the appropriate tab, and start planning your Hour of Code!"

"WIN BIG  Teams compete for more than $300K in prizes such as scholarships, adventure trips, assemblies with Discovery Channel talent and more! GET STARTED  Register online today to get your team started and access free resources like lesson plans, step-by-step guides, sample projects, and virtual labs that will help you support your students."

Lots of global collaborations listed here by Miss W, who creates the Edublogs Student Blogging Challenge

More info about the Hour of Code Challenge

This global collaborative project at http://ciese.org/curriculum/squareproj/ -- Registration closes SEPT 30 Driving questions: Why HERE and not THERE? Presents students with a world map and two animals/insects from different areas (EG Monarch butterfly and Australian stick insect specimens). Pose a challenging question: Why here and not there? Why there and not here? How can we find out? Register class on Square of Life, an Internet-based collaborative project that has students investigate their local environment and share information with students from around the world. Students examine a square yard of local ground and organize what they find into categories they define themselves: living and nonliving, plants and animals. Through close examination, they organize small creatures into groups by shared characteristics, and learn to discriminate between classes of animals, including insects and isopods. Theorize about the role of habitat and niche in insect distribution. Share their findings with Australian students (or students from around the glove) and report their conclusions about Why here and not there? Why there and not here?

Make Flash Games with this site for free. Great for those students who love a a good game and a challenge.

Challenging weekly math problems for elementary, middle school and higher. Prizes are involved!

"Help your kids submit their idea and work to Quest to matter. This is a great way to showcase what your students are doing. It will also open up opportunities for mentoring. If you know a kid who is doing something cool to change the world - SUBMIT IT. The end date is June 7th. Why not have your class create a quest to matter. If you haven't had a chance to do a genius project or some creative teacherpreneurship with passion projects - USE THIS opportunity. My friend Angela Maiers had this idea and many have joined in (like me) to help create a website showcasing and promoting all the great work that students are doing as social entrepreneurs to change the world. There will be a winning project that is showcased and mentored. " Vicki Davis