Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: No time or resources for projects! I taught high school in a low-income area for two years. I never gave any large, outside-of-class projects simply because most of my students did not have the resources to complete the projects. Also, many of my students worked close to full-time jobs. The middle school I teach at currently, the population is 67% Latino. Most parents are not proficient enough in English to help their kids, nor do they have the financial resources. What is an appropriate amount of classtime for projects? How much should I expect the students to be able to do outside of class? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) It is up to the teacher and what other assignments are currently being done. There are many resources at the actual school like card board boxes, plastic bottles, dirt, gravel, and many more. You could create an ecosystem with the class, but you would need to buy the guppies, plants, and nets. These materials are not that expensive and can be bought with school resource money. Provide literature and directions in the students native language, so they can take it home to show their parents.