Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

APT

Arte Para Todos

Grade(s):

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

NuVu students Seth Isaacson, Joshua Brancazio, Oliver Geller and Alea Laidlaw participated in the Easing Cerebral Palsy Design Studio, a two-week session focused on designing products that ease the lives of children with Cerebral Palsy and their caregivers.

Illuminated Mathematics

Illuminated Mathematics

Grade(s):

12

A curated multimedia exhibition entitled "Illuminated Mathematics" was produced by 12th-grade digital art and math classes at High Tech High in San Diego, California. Students were asked to find the beauty, humanity and intrigue behind math in history, philosophy and the applied arts.

ReVOLT Main

ReVOLT

Grade(s):

8

Eighth grade students at King Middle School in Portland, Maine participated in an interdisciplinary expedition to reVOLT against the current limitations imposed by our current ways of using energy.

Backcountry IV

Backcountry IV

Grade(s):

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

As part of the Brink: Biometric Interface studio—an exploration of better technologies for those who work or play in extreme conditions—Nuvu students Jordana Conti, Sydney Brown, Oliver Geller, Devin Lewtan, Laurel Sullivan and Max Dadagian created an innovative solution to a common threat: hypot

Wheelchair Hand Drive

Wheelchair Hand Drive

Grade(s):

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

As part of the studio, “Hacking Wheelchairs for Urbanity” NuVu students were tasked with improving the wheelchair by accessorizing it as opposed to redesigning the chair itself. Part of this challenge was also affordability, as many current technologies are costly.

Wildlife of the Texas Panhandle

Wildlife of the Texas Panhandle

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

High School students at Spearman High School in Spearman, Texas designed these 18 x 24 pastel paintings as part of a co-curricular project in science and art. Students learned about the habitats, anatomy, hunting, behaviors and growth of wildlife of the Texas Panhandle.

Chair Design

Chair Design Without Adhesives

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Art I high school students at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy in Austin, Texas designed cardboard chairs as part of a co-curricular project in physics, geometry and art.

Adaptations

Adaptations

Grade(s):

12

Twelfth-grade students at High Tech High in San Diego, California presented silent film productions with live sound performances at the Sushi Performance Art Center in downtown San Diego.

Shifting Gears

Shifting Gears: Promoting Rochester's Two-Wheeled Revolution

Grade(s):

6

Using the bicycle as a lens for a year-long focus, sixth grade students at the Genesee Community Charter School in Rochester, New York learned how they can make a difference in their own community by engaging in community activism. 

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