Mercury Project: Robotic Tele-Excavation
Grades: 2-12
Ongoing? No
Students from around the world used the Internet to actually manipulate robotic arms to excavate artifacts buried in a a sand-filled Los Angeles terrarium. Project developers believe this was "the first system that allowed WWW users to remotely view and alter the real world via tele-robotics."The operators' logs offer fascinating thoughts on how archaeology is a metaphor forinformation-seeking on the Internet.

Schools Demining Schools
Grades:  9-12
Ongoing?  No
This action oriented, problem-solving project was committed to bringing schools together to rid schoolyards of landmines in infested countries.  It focused on raising awareness, organizing campaigns in individual communities, and raising money to send to the particular country of focus (which changed periodically).  Students were given the opportunity to communicate via technology with experts, each other, the United Nations, and victim-survivors of landmines.  Although the project is not ongoing, the site includes a Landmine Fact Sheet, transcripts of past question and answer sessions, personal accounts of landmine survivors, teaching units, and resources.

Take Action Center
Grades:  6-12
Ongoing?  Yes
Maintained by EcologyFund.com and The Rainforest site, this site aims to keep you and your class up-to-date about environmental campaigns.  New campaigns are given center stage on the site with all other “Take Action” projects listed in the sidebar to the left.  There is also a list of stores who donate portions of their profits to support environmental causes. 201 sq.ft. of rainforest is protected for each “Take Action” project in which your class participates!

Writers' Corner Cafe
Grades: 4-10
Ongoing? No
This site features student writing and provides guidelines for monthly real-time chats (using Internet Relay Chat) in which students discuss the art of writing and even write a story online--collaboratively!

YouthCAN: Youth Communicating and Networking
Grades: K-12
Ongoing? Yes
YouthCAN is a youth-run site aimed at using technology to connect and help people around the globe learn about environmental issues. YouthCAN sponsors and organizes many conferences, activities,, events, idea exchanges, and stories about how you can make a difference. Each spring the students of YouthCAN design and present at a major conference in New York at the American Museum of Natural History. This conference is attended by more than 1,000 presenters and participants from all over the world. The site provides contact information for the conference and planning committees as well as the prestigious list of well-known groups who help to support YouthCAN. Other than the conference, there is also information and links for other YouthCAN activities such as Hike the World in which students will hike in their own areas collecting information, taking pictures, and sharing by posting them in the forum. Another activity, Global Reporters, asks students to research environmental issues of interest to them and post their writings on the site. Finally, a third link provides a list of Collaborative Projects related to environmental issues; these projects have been created and managed by various teachers and students from around the world.