Teacher Information
Your name, address, center or program affiliation, and contact information (phone and email); please indicate the best time to contact you, if you list a phone number.

General information about the project

• Title of the project
• Age level(s) of the children who participated in the project
• Number of children involved
• Multi-age or single age? Half-day or full-day setting?
• Name of the school or center, and the city and county in which the project was conducted
• Length of time required to complete the project
• Number and names of teacher(s) involved in the project

Phase 1: Beginning the Project

• Why was the topic chosen?
• Was there a focusing event to begin the project? What was it?
• Did you create a topical web about children's knowledge before the project started?
• Did children represent their beginning knowledge and experiences with the topic before the investigation?
• What questions did the class decide to investigate? How were these questions generated and recorded?
• What were teachers’ expectations for the project?

Phase 2: Developing the Project

• What investigations occurred?
• What field sites were visited? What experts were interviewed on site and in the classroom?
• How did investigation questions change or become redirected by field work or interviewing experts?
• What print, online, or human resources were valuable?
• How were parents involved in the experience?
• How did children represent their learning? (drawings, sculptures, play environments, plays, books, videos, etc.)

Phase 3: Concluding the Project

• What culminating event closed the project?
• How was the project shared with parents and/or the community?
• What did children learn from the project? (Knowledge? Skills? Dispositions?)

Teacher Reflection
Share your thoughts about the project. You may want to focus on one or more of these questions:

• Reflecting on this project, what did you learn as a teacher?
• How did the project surprise you in the way that it progressed?
• Was this a good topic?
• What was especially meaningful to you?
• What was difficult for you and/or what was easier then you thought it would be?
• Was there a child who especially benefited from the experience?
• What would you do differently in this project if you did it again? 

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