A teacher divides her class into groups of five and allocates different themes to the groups. The groups have to collect information on the themes and write reports to be presented to the class. What is this activity known as?

Project work involves groups of learners investigating a theme, collecting information from various sources, organising it, producing a report, and presenting findings. This goes beyond a simple assignment or writing task. While research and project work overlap, in school contexts the structured, group-based, theme-driven investigation followed by presentation is classically known as project work.