Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Pepe's Journey

Pépe's Journey to the United States: El Viaje De Pepe A Los Estados Unidos

Grade(s):

7

A seventh grade student at the Santa Fe School for the Arts and Sciences in Santa Fe, New Mexico created this bilingual picture book as a final product of a yearlong “Roots & Wings” immigration expedition.

Coded Illustrations

Unfamiliar Landscapes: Coded Illustrations

Grade(s):

12

Twelfth grade students at High Tech High in San Diego, California created artwork using computer coding for an exhibition entitled “Unfamiliar Landscapes.”

Turning Points Toy Theater

Turning Points Toy Theater

Grade(s):

12

Turning Points Toy Theater” was presented by 12th grade students in the collaborative classrooms of Media Arts and English at High Tech High in San Diego, California.

Nuclear Decay

Grade(s):

10

These projects were created by tenth grade students at Harborside Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin as part of a learning expedition called World of Conflict.

Food for Thought

Grade(s):

6

Sixth grade students at High Tech Middle Chula Vista in San Diego, California created this cookbook as part of a project focused on why and how to make healthy food choices.

The Whole Meal

The Whole Meal Cookbook

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

High Tech High students in San Diego, California explored issues about food stemming from the simple question of “should I eat that?” as part of their studies in Humanities and Biology.

Adventures of the 7th Grade Mind

The Adventures of the 7th Grade Mind: I am an Author

Grade(s):

7

Seventh grade students at High Tech Middle in San Diego, California created this collection of stories as a result of hundreds of hours of writer’s workshop.

Conflict by the Numbers

Conflict by the Numbers

Grade(s):

10

These booklets were created by tenth grade students at Harborside Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin as the mathematical component of a learning expedition called “World of Conflict.”

Staff Class to the Past

Staff Class to the Past

Grade(s):

8

Eight grade students at High Tech Middle Chula Vista in Chula Vista, California wrote and illustrated this book about time travel. It started with a dream that their teacher had in which the entire eighth grade class went back in time with her to visit the 16 most important events in U.S.

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