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ENRICHMENT PROJECT CHOICE IDEAS
by Wendy H. Chapman, copyright 2000
Courtesy of www.metagifted.org
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GAME - Create a game on a topic with instructions, game pieces and board. Test it on friends.
STRUCTURE - Make a 5 foot tall structure using 7 or more materials.
SCHOOL or TOWN VIDEO PROJECT - make a video on your school or town's history.
HOW-TO VIDEO PROJECT - create a how-to video to teach how to do something you know how
to do well.
5. ANIMAL PROJECT - Create a 5 page report, PPT, or iMovie on an animal, a model and a poster.
6. MAGIC CARDS - Make up Magic the Gathering cards - 20-30 professionally done and teach
someone to play who doesn't know how.
7. INVENTION - Make and build an invention that improves something.
8. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - Create a new musical instrument and make up a song using it.
9. ROBOT - Build a robot that helps around the house.
10. BLUE PRINTS - Design blue prints and build a model for a future house or other building.
11. PUPPETS - Make puppets and do a show for the class with them.
12. TOY - Design a new toy. Test it and write up the results.
13. SPORT - Design a new sport. Test it, write up the results.
14. COOKING - Make a new food recipe. Taste-test it with a group of people and write up results.
15. MAP - Draw a map of what you think the US will look like in 2250. Draw a large scale map of the
US in present and also present and future maps of your state.
16. PLANET - Pretend you discovered a new planet and its inhabitants. Do a one page news report
about it, a model of the planet, model of the aliens, and/or schematics of the planet in space and
topographical map of the planet.
17. ORIGAMI - Make 20 very well done different origami figures and make a directions poster for one
of the more complex ones using photos or real life models for each step.
18. COMPUTER - Create a computer game or program with directions and a picture.
19. TV SHOW - Make your own TV show or short film.
20. 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.
21. MUSIC VIDEO - Create a music video using another musician's music or your own.
22. ORIGINAL SONGS - Write and record your own original songs (at least 2 or one 5 minutes or
more).
23. MUSICAL PARODIES - Write new lyrics to 3 or 4 well-known songs.
24. PLAY - Write a live play/skit and invite other students to perform in it. You direct it and present it.
25. CHAPTER BOOK - Write a chapter book of 10 or more chapters.
26. MAGIC SHOW - Do a magic show using at least 5 tricks. (Costume required.) Present to a group of
people.
27. D.A.R.E. - Make your own DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program and videotape it.
28. POETRY - Write a book of 20+ poems you have written with pictures to go with each.
29. AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Write an autobiography and include pictures. This must have at least 10
major events.
30. BIOGRAPHY - Interview a parent, grandparent, aunt, or uncle and with their cooperation create a
biography of them with pictures.
31. TEACHER BIOGRAPHY BOOK - Do a mini biography book of all the teachers at your school and
type it up. Get every teacher's permission to use anything they tell you. Put together a copy of the
book or each teacher in it.
32. VIDEO COMMERCIAL - Make 3 different videotaped commercials for something you design or
think up.
33. ENDANGERED SPECIES MOVIE - Make a movie about endangered species in general or one type
of endangered or extinct animal.
34. TRANSPORTATION - Design a new form of transportation and build a model of it.
35. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS - Do something specific to improve the school. First get permission
from the principal and PTA if necessary. Examples: Plant a flower garden, organize a group of
students to do regular weekly trash pickup from the grounds outside.
36. WALL MURAL - Come up with a plan of what picture you want to do and a location and get
permission from the principal before beginning anything physical. Draw the outline on the wall (Use
an overhead projector to project a sketch or cartoon characters, etc.) and paint it. Make sure this
project is supervised.
37. TOOTHPICK STRUCTURE - Build a structure from toothpicks that can hold 10 lbs. or more. You
may not use super-glue or wood glue to hold it together.
38. ELECTRIC GENERATOR - Build an electric generator and be able to describe how it works.
39. SOLAR - Build a solar powered radio or anything else that runs by solar energy.
40. IMAGINARY ANIMAL REPORT - Create an imaginary animal and write a 5 page report about it
as if it was real. Make a model and poster of it. Do a classification chart of it and a food chain chart
of where it fits.
41. VEHICLE - Create a new vehicle or device to help the handicapped.
42. COMICS - Write a 10 page comic book or series of 10 or more cartoons from scratch.
43. COMIC REWRITE - Draw or design a comic book to retell a novel or famous short story.
44. COMMUNICATION - Make a new kind of or method of communication (e.g., telephone, sign
language)
45. 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 30 words and the alphabet. Or do some
combination of both.
46. VACATION SPOT - Design a new vacation spot - maps, pamphlets, model.
47. POETRY MUSIC - Write a poem and put it to music.
48. COOKBOOK - Write a cookbook. Demonstrate 5 or more of the recipes.
49. SPACE TRAVEL - Design ways to make space travel safer and more fun.
50. FUN BOOK - Make a fun book with word searches, scramble puzzles and crosswords.
51. SIGN LANGUAGE - Learn 50 or more signs and teach to a class or to several friends.
52. SURVEYS – Create a survey and administer the survey to a large enough survey group. Organize
and analyze the data and interpret the data so you can present.
53. DANCE SHOW - Make up some dances and perform for an audience.
54. NEW SONG - Learn to play a new song on an instrument.
55. TEACH - Volunteer teach in a classroom of a younger grade. Offer to assist one period a week for 5
weeks or to teach a lesson to a younger class.
56. KANJI - Learn to do Chinese or Japanese writing - make a collection of 10 samples.
57. CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - Make a children's magazine and have a class read it and evaluate it.
58. INVENT A COUNTRY - Invent a new country. Make its flag and write a five page report. Show
where it fits on the globe.
59. MODEL FLAGS - Make cloth models of the flags of 10 or more countries. Create a flag to represent
you or your family.
60. RAIN FOREST MODEL - Design a model of a rain forest and include all 4 layers.
61. PERSUASION - Write 10 letters to companies that do something you find very upsetting such as
animal testing to persuade them to stop doing this thing.
62. BABYSITTING - Write a 15+ page babysitting manual. Take photos of the children you are sitting
to include in it (Seek permission from the children’s parents before taking photos).
63. KNITTING - Knit something like a blanket or a child's sweater or doll clothing. Demonstrate how to
knit to the rest of the class. (you can do this with any craft.)
64. PIANO - Write some piano music and perform it for a group.
65. PIE MAKING - Learn to make the perfect pie crust. Make a new kind of pie and bring it to class
with the recipe.
66. CIRCUIT BOARD GAME - Make a professional looking circuit board game with at least 10
connections.
67. CIRCUIT MODELS - Make a model of each type of circuit using batteries and min light bulbs.
Write a report describing each one.
68. CRAYONS - Invent a new crayon color and contact several companies to ask them to make it.
69. 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.
70. OCEAN STUDY - Learn about the ocean. Make an ocean food chain poster and either a 5 page
report or a wave machine AND a model of your favorite ocean animals.
71. 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 30 with several that hardly anyone knows about.
72. WEB SITE - Make your own website about anything you like and include several pictures. Include
something uplifting and a part that teaches something.
73. VOLLEYBALL NET - Make a volleyball net out of 6 pack rings from soda.
74. HOUSE MODEL - Design a futuristic house and make a model of it.
75. TRASH STRUCTURE - Design a 3-5 foot tall structure made from trash or other discarded
materials and paint it.
76. BALSA - Build a weight-bearing balsa wood structure. Try to get it to hold more than 50 lbs.
77. EDUCATIONAL BOOK - Write an educational book that is more than 15 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.)
78. HOT AIR BALLOONS - Make 5-8 mini hot air balloons and a directions poster on how to make
them. Write a fact sheet about real hot air balloons. Try to come up with more than one way to make
mini models of them.
79. SIGN LANGUAGE STORY - Learn to read a children's book in sign language and present it to the
class.
80. SIGN LANGUAGE SONG - Learn to sign a song and teach it to a group or teach to a group of
friends to present back to TAG.
81. ROBOT - Make a robot that does something such as a motion sensor, a timekeeper or a typer robot.
82. KEYBOARD DESIGN - Make 3 different patterns of how to design a new keyboard that would be
easier to learn to type with.
83. ELECTRICITY - Make an electric project, something that requires electricity and has a circuit that
when complete does something interesting.
84. GAME SHOW - Make a game show - try it with several people.
85. STORY WRITING - Write a 10 page TYPED creative story and share it with several critics. Make
a poster expressing the critics like or dislike of the story.
86. TRIVIA - Create a trivia game with a set of at least 50 cards and answers.
87. TOY - Invent a new toy. Draw up an advertising slogan and poster and live commercial that explains
it. Present it.
88. NEWSPAPER - Make a newspaper about your school and run at least 5 issues. (This can be a team
project.)
89. FUTURE SCHOOL MODEL - Make a model of a school of the future. Explain how it is different
from today's schools. Do an oral report and written summary.
90. FAMOUS BUILDING MODEL - Make a model of any famous building - e.g., Eiffel Tower,
Leaning Tower of Pisa, World Trade Center, White House)
91. PHOTO EXPOSE' - Make a collection of photos all about one topic and summary about what you
studied. (40 studied - may be two related topics.)
92. 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 every day and especially every
event. Write a 3 page summary and recommendation of the neatest thing you did on vacation.
93. 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.
94. MERRY-GO-ROUND - Make a carousel model that works. To be more interesting, use different
types of animals than horses.
95. WATER WHEEL - Make a mini working water wheel.
96. SCIENCE - Find a really interesting science experiment or create your own. Create a video of you
doing and explaining the experiment and your findings. Play for your class or friends.
97. COLLECTION DATABASE - Get a collection or bring in one you already have of something like
rocks or stamps, etc. You must have at least 30 items in your collection. Write a report or give a
clear oral report using samples from it as examples, then make a computer database (list) of every
item in the collection and a short description of each.
98. WOODWORK - Build something out of wood and explain what it will do.
99. WOODEN TOY - Make a wooden toy with a working moving part.
DINOSAURS - Choose a type of dinosaur and create model of its bones and another of the body. Write
a report on it. Do a food chain poster using other dinosaurs.