Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Beekeepers

Beekeeping

Grade(s):

7

These products were created by 7th-grade middle school students from Maplewood Richmond Heights Middle School. They harvest honey and beeswax from four beehives that they work to maintain.

Juxtapose

Juxtapose2

Grade(s):

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

In collaboration with renowned choreographer Heidi Latsky, students designed wearables for an installation for performers with a disability and which express aspects of the performer’s passion or character trait, or an experience they have had.

The Choice to Serve

The Choice to Serve

Grade(s):

7

Meadow Glen Middle School has a student population of approximately 1,100 students and around 370 seventh-grade students worked together to produce this magazine.

Truckee Top Ten

Top 10 Things to Do in Truckee with Kids Under 10

Grade(s):

2, 3

During a Social Studies Expedition on the history of Truckee, California, students visited and learned from experts about the stories and history of historic buildings in downtown Truckee.

Partnership in Poetry

Grade(s):

4

4th Graders partnered with the Clyfford Still Museum to deepen their learning about the guiding questions and big ideas as modified to include Language Arts and Visual Arts: What inspired artists to create?

12 Angry Jurors

Grade(s):

9

Playbill that includes original student writing; introduces a play adapted from 12 Angry Men

Do the Green Thing

Grade(s):

7, 8

Book of tips on energy efficiency created to guide decisions in a school renovation

Hunt for Freedom: Washington Wolves Return

Grade(s):

3, 4, 5

An illustrated book of folktales about wolves

First Come the Eggs

Grade(s):

3

Illustrated children's biography of Seth Green, who started the first fish hatchery in America

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