Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Chauncie Mallen

Grade(s):

5, 6

Fictional life and career of a scientist, descriptions and artifacts

The Important Thing About Our Families...

Grade(s):

1

Book with student written and typed sentences about their families and photographic peer portraits

1853: 24 Hours in the Fight for Freedom

Grade(s):

4

Historical fiction highlighting slavery and women's rights; snapshots from a single day in 1853

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. 

Plant the Seed

Plant the Seed

Grade(s):

6

A community garden project created by sixth-grade students at Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School

Ron Berger

Orientation Video

Grade(s):

12

This short orientation video gives our users basic tools to navigate our project collection with ease.  

Just A Dream

Just a Dream - Stories to create awareness of the impacts of climate change on the Kiribati Islands

Grade(s):

4

Students worked with a Denver-based non-profit organization, Kiribati Keepers to determine the best way to help the nation of Kiribati. They decided that raising awareness of the problems the nation was facing would be an extremely important step in order to recruit others to help them.

The Truth about Climate Change According to Kids

The Truth About Climate Change According to Kids

Grade(s):

3

Third-grade students at Presumpscot Elementary School studied climate change and its impact on the Coast of Maine (lobsters' life cycle) and our economy. 

Day of Change Book

Grade(s):

7

7th graders at ELMS embarked on a learning expedition to create positive change within their community. ELMS 7th graders were able to interview agents of change within their community and choose a cause that they wanted to work with on their journey to become an agent of change.

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