Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Bug Research Trading Cards

Grade(s):

2

Each second-grade student chose an insect to research. Students completed 6 research questions in order to become experts on their insect. Using the knowledge gained during their research, students were asked to make a "Gettin' Buggy" trading card.

Drafts of a Cave Home

Grade(s):

5, 6

Cross-sectional illustrations of a prehistoric cave home through multiple drafts with peer critique

Operation Kidfit Recommendation Report

Grade(s):

6

Report with recommendations for the design of a health exhibition for Rochester Science Museum

Get Your Blues On

Grade(s):

4

Poems that were used for blues songs, inspired by the Great Migration, with collage art

Firefly Drafts

Grade(s):

Pre-K

Series of scientific drawings showing evidence of critique and revision

Frozen Cup Man

Grade(s):

3

Children's book about a local hero who provides treats in an impoverished neighborhood

Insect Bookmarks

Grade(s):

2

Bookmarks with scientific illustrations and written descriptions of insects local to Western MA

Molly Sanchez

Grade(s):

5, 6

Fictional life of a Deaf elementary school student

Faces of Freedom Calendar

Grade(s):

3

Calendar with interviews with young immigrants in a local community

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