Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Inch By Inch

Inch by Inch, Row by Row, How does my Garden Grow?

Grade(s):

K

The Kindergarten Crew focused on plants during their Spring Expedition. The Spring Expedition included two case studies with three guiding questions:

We the People, Si Se Puede!

Grade(s):

5

Palouse Prairie 5th graders studied our country’s long history of social movements and people coming together to create change in their expedition, We
the People, Se Se Puede!

Scientific Fossil Illustrations

Grade(s):

2

This project was designed to support their learning in Expedition (Module) #2: Fossils. The project’s title is Scientific Fossil Illustrations. Students chose a fossil to study in their home crew and created a scientifically accurate illustration of that fossil in art.

Civil Rights A to Z from Hidden Figures

Grade(s):

6

While students were reading and discussing Margot Shetterly's book Hidden Figures, we kept a class chart while students kept an individual chart of names, locations, terms, and ideas mentioned in the book about Civil Rights.

Native American Living Then and Now

Grade(s):

3

Book exploring lives of New England Native Americans in history and in the present

Meet the Maya

Grade(s):

7

Illustrated alphabet book about the Maya; sold with proceeds donated to Mayan children in Guatemala

Fruit and Vegetable Mystery

Grade(s):

1

Cards with written descriptions and illustrations of fruits and vegetables

Our Book of Tools

Grade(s):

K

Illustrations and descriptions of construction tools; part of a study of local jobs and tools used in those jobs

Snakes of the Pioneer Valley

Grade(s):

7

Field guide about snakes; created by a single student as an independent project

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