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The article presents information on a learning project called the "Moon Project" for developing students' writing, technology and inquiry skills. The central element of the project is daily Moon observations for several weeks and analyzing the data related to this. In the beginning the students made and recorded daily Moon observations on lunar observation worksheets and answered writing prompts once a week on the basis of their observations. Then they would compare these observations with the observations of the students around the world through the Internet. According to the writing prompts the students had to describe their most recent Moon observations and to compare this with what students were seeing in other parts of the world. This kind of online collaboration promotes cultural understanding among students while developing their writing, technology and inquiry skills. Step by step the level and quality of observation would change by the instruction of the educators in the next stage.