The 100th day of school is a special milestone that offers a fun opportunity to engage students in creative and meaningful activities. Whether you’re celebrating with a classroom project, a collaborative activity, or independent student work, there are plenty of 100 days of school project ideas to choose from. You might want to have students create something over the course of a week or during a single lesson.
Today on the blog, I have nine tech-friendly 100 Days of School project ideas for your consideration! They are ready for you to customize and modify to fit the needs of your group, and they connect with a wide range of subject areas.
Let’s take a look at these nine project ideas to celebrate the 100th day of the school year!
9 Tech-Friendly 100 Days of School Project Ideas
This list includes a shout-out to some favorite tools, including ones I’ve spotlighted on the blog and a few companies I’ve worked with in the past. If you have another favorite tool with similar features, feel free to substitute it with the tool that is already in your tool belt.
100 Words of Wisdom
Students can create a digital poster in Adobe Express featuring 100 words of advice, wisdom, or encouragement. Encourage them to select meaningful phrases and design the poster with creative fonts, colors, and images. Although 100 might seem like a lot for each student to try on their own, you might make groups so kids can find ten each. Then, you can have ten kids work together, and they can add their ten to a collaborative spot like a Padlet.
100-Page Digital Book
Similar to the activity above, students can each take on two or three pages, or you can create a massive ebook with a few partner classes. Challenge students to create a collaborative 100-page digital book using a tool like Book Creator. If you joined me at NYSCATE this fall, you know that I am a big fan of Book Creator and led a session on ways to use their tool in creative ways.
For this project, you can pick a topic that connects to a current curriculum goal or choose a theme that connects to a “100” theme like “One Hundred Years Ago.” Students can create pages that feature a fun fact or a drawing related to the topic. One thing I love about Book Creator is that it gives students lots of ways to share, including audio, video, voice-to-text, and more.
100 Acts of Kindness Tracker
Use a spreadsheet tool like Google Sheets to create a shared tracker where students can log 100 acts of kindness. Students add their contributions and see the tracker fill up in real time. This activity promotes social-emotional learning while integrating technology. You might start it a few weeks before the 100th day of school and have students complete a Google Form every time they see something great. All of their responses will go to a spreadsheet where you can review the results during a 100 days of school celebration.
100 Days of Gratitude
If you are feeling a bit behind as you approach the 100th day of school, you might decide on a project that kicks off on the 100th day. Although there likely aren’t another 100 days of school that will follow, there are probably another 100 calendar days. You can kick off a 100 days of gratitude challenge where students journal one thing they are thankful for each day for 100 days. There are plenty of tools you could try, including a slide deck created with tools like Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides.
100 Interesting Facts
To complement a research project, you might ask students to research facts about a topic, such as a place or an animal. Choose something that connects to your curriculum goals or something that is a high-interest topic for students. You might combine this with common expectations for student researchers, such as including citations.
Students can research interesting facts about their topic and present what they learned in a shared digital space. You might ask them to first jot down their facts on sticky notes and then jump on camera or add a picture (perfect for Padlet) when sharing in a collaborative space.
Timeline of 100 Years
I love a timeline, and you might have checked out this popular post on the blog with plenty of timeline ideas. You can create a timeline with students to celebrate the 100th day of school. They can look at events in the community or a particular space that spans 100 years. Want another spin on this? Have students create a timeline with 100 events related to one topic or time period. For example, a timeline featuring 100 inventions.
100-Question Quiz
Create a 100-question quiz with students that they can use to test the knowledge of their classmates. You might decide to take a more academic approach and feature topics from the school year so far. Or you might have students in your class each contribute a trivia question about themselves or your school community. This can help the project take a more playful approach.
100 Days of Data
Ask students to collect or review data on a specific topic. This is great for a mathematical connection to another topic your students are currently learning or have expressed interest in. For example, you might use weather data or sports scores from the past 100 days. Kids can visualize the data with graphs and charts using Excel or Google Sheets. Afterwards, they can share their findings in a class presentation.
100 Inspirational Quotes
I’m a big fan of Wakelet, and you might remember this post from the blog sharing tips for using Wakelet Portfolios this year. You and your students can work together to create a collection of 100 inspirational quotes. Once you set up your Wakelet collection, invite students in. Then, encourage them to add visuals, videos, or audio recordings explaining why each quote is meaningful. When you finish up and have 100 quotes, share the Wakelet collection with families and other members of the school community.
Which 100 days of school project will you try this year? These nine project ideas are designed to inspire creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking while integrating your favorite EdTech tools. I can’t wait to see what you decide to try! Sign up for my free newsletter here, then reply to my Monday email with your ideas. I see every email that comes through, and I can’t wait to hear from you!
