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Monsters 2011
Global Kids Working Together
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Welcome to Monster Central!
Join the Project and Collaborate on a Monster! 
Monster building time: October 1 to October 31

The TOP Monster of 2011 by your votes is: 
Fiesta Foo Foo the Dragon Dude
from Mr. Ferguson's 4th grade in New Hampshire

We are an ongoing Community. Many Educators have been in the project for 5 years, some for over 10 years. 
New Comers are always Invited!

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     The chart below will fill as classrooms choose their parts to design and describe.

What is this Project?

Elementary classes from the United States and around the world collaborate in this standards based project. After choosing a Monster part, each class writes a description of that part. After all descriptions have been sent in, each class builds its own MONSTER using everyone's descriptions from the table below. Students discover that designing and building a monster together is a very big job. It is a major lesson in working together and learning to compromise in a group decision process. For example, the kid responsible for the head has to plan with the kids doing the eyes, nose, neck, mouth, ears and hair. Kids get deliberate practice in collaboration to construct their class MONSTER. The result is satisfying proof that a community of kids can accomplish anything!! Elissa Gerzog began the project in the 1990's calling it Monsters Monsters Monsters© using e-mail as the main interface. I began running the project in 2000 and modified it to a web-based interface, which has grown to include podcasts, wikis, and video. In its current form, the project is known simply as Monsters. If this sounds like fun, please send an email and join - smithterryk@gmail.com. I am your host at Monster central, Dr. Terry Smith, assistant professor of education at Western Illinois University.

 


"I am beautiful!"

Sample descriptions

HEAD: circular, black, red dots,  blue triangles, 
diameter 18 inches

You may use up to 
12 expressive, creepy, cool, adjectives. Be sure to give size, shape, and color!


Greetings from Pakistan -------- And to Pakistan! Serious Monster Makers!


 

SEE

Kids at Work		 HEAR


Sizwe's Message from 
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa 		PLAY

a Critical Thinking Monster game

 

MONSTER PARTS - CAN YOU SAY THE WORD SYNTHESIS?

[See example descriptions from a previous project]       

1. ARMS - Jenny Kopp's Class, Miriam School, St. Louis, Missouri: Right: bony 2ft  arm; Left: shorter, chunky 1ft arm. Right arm has a bracelet made of skulls and cross bones. Both tie-dyed, sharp pointed, funky spiraled tattoos, bendable, hairy, slimy scars. 

2. HANDS - Mr. Simonsen's 4th Grade, Indian Wells, California: Right hand - rectangular prism, left hand - roughly spherical. One hand has eye in  middle of palm. Eye has horns for eyelashes, and eyebrows of flesh-eating worms. Snails emerging from tear-ducts in the eye. Other hand has a toothy, menacing mouth in center of palm

3. LEFT EYE- Lani Black's 4th grade, Naches Valley Intermediate, Naches, Washington: 5 inches in diameter, square red-bloody pupil, slimy black whites, light green oozy cornea, orange-red iris, red and gutsy pop-out optic nerve cord

4. RIGHT EYE - Mr. Humble's 5th grade, St. Oswald's Primary, Burneside, Cumbria, England: slimy, bulgy and bloodshot eye with scarlet iris and twitchy multi-coloured eyelid

5. FEET -  Miss Garner's 4th grade, Veteran's Elementary, Hannibal, MO: 3 feet wide and 5 feet long, rectangular, tie dyed, spiky hair, slimy, violet warts,  3 chewed up green & blue nails (1 foot long each) with blood, swarming flies

6. TAIL - Mrs. Gzanich's 4th grade, Lincoln Elementary, Canton, Illinois: Purple, Coiled, 10 feet,artistic, spooktacular, wired, super sharp, terrific, subatomic, puffy, creepy, curly, dark, and long

7. HEAD - Mrs. Witten's 3rd grade, Lincoln Elementary, Macomb, Illinois: greenish- blue,  diamond-shaped, 18 inches by 24 inches.

8. EARS - Miss Lambert, Veteran's Elementary, Hannibal, MO: 14 inches long, shaped like Elmer Fudd’s except upside down, neon blue, pink warts with  black curly hair coming out, ooze a yellow green poisonous goo from the ear canal

9. NOSE - Ms.  Bayda's Grade One, Ruth Pawson School,
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada: blue star (8 inches) with 5 yellow lightening bolts (2 inches). 3 black nostrils: 1 drips green slime, 1 with red flames

10. FINGERS - Ms. Sapp's 4th grade, Veteran's Elementary, Hannibal, MO: Each hand~3 fingers, 6 inches long, bloody purple snakes with claws

11. LEGS - Mrs. Nairn's grade 2, Harold Hatcher Elementary, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: 3 legs, blue, green, gold, 3 feet long, 1.6 feet wide, squishy, scaley, stripes, glittery

12. TEETH -  Ms. Ragar's 4th grade - Veteran's Elementary, Hannibal, MO: Green/brown, pointy, 5x5in., holes in them, slimy, soft, buggy, with hairy warts, and jagged!!

13. BODY - Ms. Cody and Miss Coplan, 6th grade, St. Paul Elementary, Macomb, Illinois: oval, holey, fat, purple, neon-green, hairy, tough, moley, spiky, slimy, sparkly, scaly 3ft x 2 ft.

14. LIPS - Ms. Witt's 3rd grade. St John Vianney'sPrimary School, Manly QLD Australia: Mouldy, slimy, purple, bulging lips, 30 cm long

15. NECK - Michelle Huseman's 4th grade, Eugene Field Elementary, Hannibal, MO: Candy cane shaped, blue, red dots, four inches wide, twelve inches long

16. HAIR -  Mrs. Gambino/Mrs. Molskness 4th grades, Mrs. Latz - Art teacher, & Mrs. Allen, technology teacher - Cathedral of St. Raymond School, Joliet, IL: twitter & skype: tdallen5.: Rainbow, slimy, bug-filled, bird's nest, long, braided, frizzy, sweat/head band, smelly, snakes, wet, and spongy

17. KNEES - Jack Miller, Group Teacher, Bergen Community College, Child Development Center, Paramus, NJ: 3 knees (2 red and 1 blue) 1 foot x 4 in, diamonds & circles. 1 knee is bumpy & buggy with make-up; 1 knee, furry, slithery snakes, creepy spiders;  1 knee pixy dust, fiery pumpkins & skeletons

18. ELBOWS -  Kylie Daemmrich’s 4th grade, St Mary’s Visitation School, Elm Grove, Wisconsin: 8”, spongy yellow with pants on, circles, flames erupt from behind the elbows, each elbow has 6 hairy spikes, one head with snake hair and green eyeballs is stuck to the spikes of each elbow

19. BELLY BUTTON - Amanda Marrinan Year 2 - St John Vianney's Primary, Manly, Brisbane - Queensland, Australia: rainbow coloured, hexagonal shaped, 15cm/6inches wide and tall, oozing green blood, hairy worms, 3 rotten apple cores, 5 purple-ringed eyeballs, spider bellybutton ring   

20. HORNS - Ms Chiang's 1st grade, Stevens Creek Elementary, Cupertino, California: 15" long spiky SPARKLY blue balloon horns with mustaches eyeballs and furry green hair

21. NECKLACE - Mrs. Tarasevich's Class -Abanskaya Secondary School 3 - Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia: necklace is made of bones, sharp teeth,  yellow snakes and dark brown bugs ! 22. BELT - Ms. Sheridan & Ms. Jacks' Year 3, St Joachim’s Catholic Primary, Holland Park, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: 10 inches/25.5cm wide, silver metallic, spikey edged with white & black furry trimmed border, decorated with 4x 4 inch/10cm  grey bones & a red-backed black spider buckle with hairy legs  
23. WINGS - Mrs. Green's 5th grade, Maize, Kansas: battered & scarred dragon-shaped wings are six feet of scaly, slime-oozing, gritty green with purple splatters 24. TOES - Ms. Halbert's 3rd grade - J. Fithian Tatem Elementary School, Haddonfield, New Jersey: Per foot: 3 8x4in, oval, multi-colored, golden-spotted, bumpy, pointy-spiked, slimy, curly-haired toes with 2 green eyeballs
25. EARRINGS - Ms. O'Neals's 4th grade,Western CUSD #12  -- Barry, Illinois -  school web: westerncusd12.org, Skype-katie.albsmeyer: 4 inches, red and black, drop dead skull shape, shining, deadly, evil 26. JET SKI - Wendy Randall, Year 3, Saint John Vianney's Primary School Manly, Australia - (twitter wendy_randall): red & purple football-shaped, boomerang handle bars, spider web shaped seat and matching cup holder, bone propellers, 3 eyeball headlights, 2 lightning bolts
27. TONGUE - Rachel Verdicchio, Rowsley Primary School, Derbyshire, England: long with hair all over, pink lines, orange spikes, purple, a yellow diamond 28. CELL PHONE - Melinda Baden's Kindergarten, Swimming Pen Creek Elementary, Middleburg, Florida: 6 inches by 3 inches; triangular; black and purple with yellow numbers; bumpy; shiny; sparkly;has cookies and flowers all over it; has a tail; has eyes; has a pink bow
29. IPOD - Ms. Hechler's 4th grade, Western CUSD #12  - Barry, Illinois -  school web: westerncusd12.org  Skype- anna.hechler: Black and Red, Rectangular, 12 inches by 6 inches, Bloody, Horns, Glittery 30. NINTENDO - Mrs. Berkman's 5th grade, Voyager Academy, Durham, North Carolina: Oval, 8" long, 4" tall, cracked screen, purple case, skull & ladybug buttons

31. TOE RING  -  Mr. Honold & Ms. Kirkpatrick, grade 2, Riverview Elementary, Durango, Colorado: Our 1 foot loveable toe ring is a spiky star, sparkly gold. 

32. DIGITAL CAMERA - Mr. Dreher’s 5th grade, Maize, Kansas: Kleenex box sized, with polka dots and a mouth shaped lens with slime coming out

33. NOSE RING  - Mrs. Shelby's 4th grade, Mt. Erie, Illinois: 1 Ft Long, banana-shaped, tie dye colored, dead red snakes hanging off of it, black moles 34. EYE GLASSES - Garret Ferguson’s 4th Grade, Lafayette Regional School, Franconia, New Hampshire, skype: lafayette41 Twitter: garretferguson - frame is metallic purple, red & yellow flames jutting out sides, multi-colored stars surrounding the lens, rainbow peace sign on each lens, googly eye springing out of the peace sign
35. TOE NAILS  - Bob Greenberg's 2nd grade, Columbus School, Bridgeport, Connecticut.: 3 inches, hairy, yellow, pointy, and slimy 36. SKATEBOARD - Sara Stoolman's 3rd Grade, 
Korea International School: Length: 39 and 1/4 inches (1 meter)
Width: 11 inches - Shape: haunted, wicked zig-zag Lightning Bolt
Color: Spooky Yellow and Scary Orange
37. CANE  - Mrs. Baker's 5th grade, Icard, NC.:black snake wrapped cane with 4 skull tennis-ball legs, compartment saying "Happy Halloween" 38. PASSPORT - Mrs. Herrin's Class, Eugene Field School, Hannibal, Missouri: 12 in, green square, with fiery wings of a demon
39. WRIST WATCH  - Ms. Smethhurst's grade 1, St. Oswald's Primary, Burneside, Cumbria, England: green diamond, 10cm wide with pink rim, five purple hands - sixteen red numbers. Blue strap with footballs, fastened with an orange buckle 40. INK Pen  - Mrs. Thomson’s 4th grade, St.Stephen Catholic School, Grand Rapids, Michigan: 12 inches, polka dots, tip out of bone, decorated with skulls, stretchy, red, squishy eyeball clicker bat wings, hairy, writes purple blood ink
41. Cup of TEA - Mrs. Morris' grade 3, St. Oswald's school in Burneside, Kendal, UK: green as slimy snot, like a witch's potion, lumpy as the skin on a monster's back, crushed eyeballs and poisonous snakes floating in it 42. FRIENDSHIP RING - Mrs. Katie Schwab, 1st Grade, Deshler Elementary, Deshler, Ohio : circle, 12” in diameter, gold, with five green, mean, warty,  monsters

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Frank says,
"Who is the TOP Monster of 2011?

Fiesta Foo Foo the Dragon Dude 


New Hampshire

Tokoloshi-Afrika 2010 (South Africa)
Wee Nit Wit 09 (New Hampshire)
Chucky 08 (Connecticut) 
Bilbatauri Nussa Chauri 07 (Pakistan)
Boo Hoo the Foo 06 (Virginia)
Bling Monster-G 05 (England)
Devil of Doom 04 (New York)
Big Daddy 03 (Missouri)
Mean Green Star Machine 02 (Texas)
Cuckamunga 01 (New York)
Double-Decker-Bushmonster 00 (S. Africa)
Frankenspots 99 (Texas)

 

 
2011 Monster Names  Votes
1. Fiesta Foo Foo the Dragon Dude 126
2. Great and Powerful Bob 50
3. Dr. Jitubarooba Smith 32
4. Figgle Piggle Ting Toes 29
5. Zagalaga Bing Bong 23
6. Niggle 22
7. Mrs. Frisby 22
8. Flummox IchGazuntite 21
9. BillyBobJoeJoeBob Billy Smith 20
10. Kapow Chow 20
11. Mr. Special 18
12. Mr. Muddy Eye Ostrich 18
13. OoshkaOoshaBalooshka 18
14. Charlie 15
15. Jim Bob Sherwood 13
16. Puffle 12
17. Captain Underpants 11
18. Fred Fredburger 9
19. Durancula 8
20. Macu Hacu

7
21. Homework Eater 6
22. Lionel Monster 6
23. Nightmare 6
24. Scary Bat DJ Shelby 5
25. Rocky

4
26. Elara 4
27. Zabhazeus 4
28. Gomul Bab

4
29. Slim Snake Bandit 3
30. Ziliboba 3
31. Flying Tripod Cow 2
32. Flower Ada

2
33. Reusable Trash Monster 2
34. Scary Charlie 2

 

 

2010 Monster Names Votes
1. Tokoloshi-Afrika - Cape Town, South Africa 59
2. Fozzie Ozzie Mozzie Shing Shang Dong - Australia 57
3. Fabioso - Joliet, Illinois 39
4. Fergusauras - Franconia, New Hampshire 38
5. Check Neck - Burneside, Cumbria, UK 33
6. Britney Spearz - Bryan, Texas 30
7. Shabalabadingdong Jr. - Icard, North Carolina 28
8. Hill Billy - Hannibal, Missouri  26
9. Justin Beiber - Bridgeport, Connecticut 26
10. Ooples-n-BOO-noo-noos - Oelwein, Iowa 25
11. Mr. Scary Pants - Hapeville, Georgia 25
12. Georgie Porgie Prickly Pie - Wheat Ridge, Colorado 25
13. Mr. Ca-bla-blue-blee Giant Weirdo - Webster, Texas 17
14. BOB-A-LINO   - Buffalo, New York 16
15. San Francisco 49ers Team Monster - Cupertino, CA 16
16. Hairy Podder  - Morris, Illinois 15
17. Mr Pie/Pumpkin & Insects Eater  - Aban, Siberia 15
18. BOB - Elm Grove, Wisconsin

15
19. Dynamiter Terminiter - North Island, New Zealand 15
20. The Soul Taker - Long Island, New York 15
21. Cool Botanic Monster Girl - Aban, Siberia 12
22. Creecly - Cupertino, California 12
23. Sir Linkinbob - Durham, North Carolina

11
24. Crazy Freaky Doodah- Moosejaw, Saskatchewan 11
25. Queen Monster - Hannibal, Missouri 11
26. Keegor Smithenstein - Regina, Saskatchewan

9
27. Ghostzilla - Long Island 9
28. Nose Picker - Indian Wells, California 9
29. Sticky Hunon Sweaterface  - Paramus, New Jersey

8
30. Duckymomodude - Rowsley, Derbyshire, UK 8
31. Gruesome Golime - Bryan, Texas 6
32. Long Tongue - Mount Erie, Illinois 6
33. Disco - Geff, Illinois 6
34. No Name - Cupertino, California 5
35. Brandon Scorpion - Hannibal, Missouri 2
   

 

 

2009 Monster Names Votes
1. Wee Nit Wit - New Hampshire 65
2. Mr. Watermelonfunkentitus - Colorado 52
3. Tookie Puffier - Uganda 46
4. Bloody Mary - Connecticut 44
5. Oma-see-ko-way-chick-a-boom - New York 39
6. Chuckie II - Illinois 31
7. Dr. Dude - Massachusetts 31
8. Deadman - New York  30
9. Darkzilla - England 29
10. Spikey Mikey - Canada 27
11. Scooting Crazy Face - Australia 23
12. Crayola - Missouri 23
13. Sketter Frankentard - North Carolina 22
14. ZaGaJaJah - Burneside, England 20
15. Winston - Colorado 20
16. Einkinstein - New Zealand 19
17. Monstric - Siberia 17
18. PsychoManiac - Missouri

16
19. Loosey Zooney Friendly Alan - New Jersey 15
20. Mr. Boogie Woogie - Missouri 14
21. Beast of the Northwest - Washington 13
22. Mrs. Ghouleksy - Missouri

13
23. Mr. Frank Blobster - Rowsley, England 13
24. Notorious B.I. Giant - North Carolina 12
25. Zimishka - Missouri

11
26. Crazy Freak - Missouri 9
27. Fangdala - Missouri 7
28. Creeper Meeper - California

7
29. Freaky Chaos - Missouri 7
30. Uglyzilla - New York 6
31. Ms. Stank - Missouri 6
32. The Monster - Dominican Republic 5
33. Scarecrow - Kirsehir, Turkey 5
34. Mr. Hairy - Alaska 4
35. Mr. Dirty Danzilla - Texas 4
36. Ugly Junior - Oklahoma 2
37. Glopacusmusa - Illinois 2
38. Kekkelabulla - California 2

 

2008 Monster Names Votes
1. Eyeziahh - England 12
2. Mr. Kazilla - Missouri 11
3. Monster Lisa - Turkey 9
4. Moostackwierdo - New Jersey 13
5. Spooky Skipito Scary Face - Texas 12
6. Ms. Swamp - Alaska 8
7. Zeemore Seemore - New Hampshire 9
8. Mr. Slobberface - Canada 14
9. Fluffy - Oklahoma 16
10. Mrs. Dead Eyes - Mr. Landrum 16
11. Franken-eye-guy - Australia

36
12. Fancypants - Missouri 3
13. Spika Wika - New Zealand 4
14. Mrs. Nosey - Missouri 5
15. Mrs. Oompaloompalingmooncake - Kansas

39
16. Chucky - Connecticut - Mr. Greenberg

47
17. Shabalobadingdong - North Carolina

40
18. Ugly Buger Ghost - California 7
19. Akhyun Kha Maaran - Pakistan 7
20. Midnight Chickadee - Taiwan

32
21. Mrs. Doo - Washington 15
22. Crazy Dude - New York 16
23. BOB - North Carolina 5
24. Killarex - Missouri 16
25. Invincible Tootie - North Dakota 2
26.Old 80-Toes of 21st Century - North Dakota 13
27. Abella - California 5
28. Bloody Dangling Cyclops - Missouri 12
29. Eye-mazing Eye-gore - Michigan 6
30. Kenya 0

 

 

 

 

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2007 Monster Names

Votes

1. Bilbatauri Nussa Chauri - Pakistan
      ( Lady with Large Nostrils )

 43
2. Pella-Tron - Iowa 22
3. Kombo Kreature - New Hampshire 10
4. Ms. Dead-Eye - Missouri 41
5. Goggle Zoggle - New Jersey 21
6. Soskay - Missouri 19
7. Big Pop in the House - Washington 34
8. Jonny Thebes - Japan 26
9. BounceBall-Gonna-Fall - New York 18
10. Takushaku - Missouri 24
11. Frankenburger - Michigan 41
12. Mr. Ugly - Missouri 17
13. Fujigon - Japan 26
14. Mr. Megazilla Monster - Texas 17
15. Ms. San - Taiwan 32
16. Mr. Firehorns - Missouri 9
17.Mrs. Scary - Nebraska 5
18. Paper the Monster - North Dakota

10
19. Horrid Henry - London, England

0

 
2006
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2006 Monster Names

 Votes
1. Boo Hoo the Foo - Virginia 67
2. Freddy the Monster - Missouri 8
3. Senõr Scares-a-Lot - New Jersey 56
4. Boogaly Fish-Face - New Jersey 23
5. Bling Bling - Missouri 37
6. Mr. Creature - Taiwan 24
7. Breezy - Washington 2
8. King Kong of  Pumpkin Patch - Texas 15
9. Dr. Brain Hanger - Missouri 38
10. Crush - Iowa 14
11. Joe Einstein - Washington 26
12. Zorgon - Missouri 18
13. Gooey Looey - Washington 22
14. Fuchi Robo 4-4 - Japan 24
15. Marsha Mellow Monster - Missouri 14
16. Scary Shapester - Texas 47
17. Destroyer - Washington 10
18. Razor Blade - New York 55
19. Aveena Frankenfine - Nebraska 15
20. Fat and Furious - Nebraska 42

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