Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Engineer a Mining Technique Model

Grade(s):

4, 5

After learning about the various mining techniques used during and after the California Gold Rush, students are asked to engineer a final product of a technical drawing and working model that exhibits a solid understanding of a particular mining type.

OWL Phenology Calendar

Grade(s):

4

Seventh-grade Open World Learning Community (OWL) students explore the guiding question, “What makes a community thrive or suffer?” in their year-long interdisciplinary Community Expedition. Fall field work in local nature centers kicks off each school year.

In My Perfect World: An Exploration of Human Rights

Grade(s):

5

Guiding Questions:

1. What are human rights and how can they be threatened?

2. How can we raise awareness of human rights?

 

Munjoy Hill Businesses

Grade(s):

2, 3

Tri-fold brochure about the businesses in one neighborhood in Portland, Maine, to aid local stores

These Animals Live On My Ranch

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Bilingual Hawaiian/English children's book about animals

Why Do Animals Look the Way They Look?

Grade(s):

K

Book of adaptations of different animals local to Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.

Field Guide to Insects in Western Massachusetts

Grade(s):

2

Local field guide based on field observations and study with an entomologist

Class Portrait Poster

Grade(s):

K

Collage of self-portraits made into an oversized poster to display in the classroom

Somewhere in the Park

Grade(s):

1

Children's book featuring what happens in a local park through simple text and ripped-paper collage

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