Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Algebra II Winter Wonderland

Grade(s):

10, 11

10th and 11th grade students in Algebra 2 at Capital City Public Charter School spent a month learning about what a function is, how to represent functions graphically, and how to transform their functions on a graph.

Into the Woods...

Grade(s):

7

Field guide to the trees, plants and birds of a local park

Local Habitat Survey and Animal Research

Grade(s):

Pre-K

Student research, drawings and sculptures of animals in local environments created at a nature center

Collecting Nature's Alphabet

Grade(s):

K

Photographs of letters found in nature or created out of sticks and other natural materials

Verde

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

A literary magazine produced by high school students in Palo Alto, CA

Kids Book of Poetry

Grade(s):

1

Book of poetry includes "name" poems, "my senses" poems and "how-to" poems

Honor for All: Japanese American Experience

Grade(s):

7

Mini Books: Interviews with Japanese Americans held in internment camps during World War II

Deer Watercolor

Grade(s):

6

Watercolor painting used to create a set of note cards

Black History Portraits

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Banners created for Black History Month by student graffitti artist

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