Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Motive and Motif

Motive and Motif

Grade(s):

12

Twelfth-grade art and literature students at High Tech High in San Diego, California visited the San Diego Museum of Art to study different artists. Each student selected a painting and researched the artist’s motive for creating the work and the motifs that inspired them.

Worms

The Dirt on Worms

Grade(s):

K

Kindergarten students at Palouse Prairie Charter School in Moscow, Idaho studied the importance of worms during a learning expedition. 

Tidepool Treasures

Tidepool Treasures

Grade(s):

K, 1

This 12-week project engaged kindergarten and first-grade students in learning about the natural phenomena of tides and the tidepool habitat.

Windsor Farmers Market

Windsor Farmer's Market

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

In the first Studio H project ever, thirteen high school students from Bertie County, NC designed and constructed a 2000-square-foot farmers market for their hometown of 2000 residents.

A Midsummer's Night Dream

A Midsummer's Night Dream

Grade(s):

8

Eighth-grade students at Palouse Prairie Charter School in Moscow, Idaho created paper cut art pieces that capture the meaning and emotion of a passage from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Voter Flyer

Voter Advocacy Flyers

Grade(s):

5, 6

Why is voting not only a right but also a significant responsibility of America citizens?

Child Life in the 1830's

Grade(s):

6, 7

The creation of the “Child Life in the 1830s” exhibit was the culminating activity of Old Sturbridge Academy’s 2021-22 Grade 6 and Grade 7 Exhibits crews.

Stories in the Sky

Grade(s):

1

Stories in the Sky:

Why do authors write about the sun, moon and stars?

What patterns can we observe in the sky?

 

By The First Grade Class, Mrs. Harris

Guide to Energy Sources

Grade(s):

3, 4

Guide to all forms of energy, written and illustrated by kids, for kids

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