Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Nuclear Decay

Grade(s):

10

These projects were created by tenth grade students at Harborside Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin as part of a learning expedition called World of Conflict.

Nyumbani Means Home

Nyumbani Means Home: A Collection of Collaborative Poetry

Grade(s):

7, 8

Junior High students at Anser Charter School in Boise, Idaho co-authored this book of poetry with their refugee partners from the Hillside Junior High as part of a larger project to understand the growing population of refugees in Boise.

Food For Thought Magazine

Food For Thought: A Magazine About Food Systems By Kids For Kids

Grade(s):

4

This student-created magazine was the result of a trimester’s learning about food systems. Fueled by their own personal “fierce wondering,” students became experts about their topic and supported one another through the researching and writing process.

I Can Help

I Can Help

Grade(s):

7

The 7th Graders remind us that you don't have to stay silent when you see people being "othered." They give us all specific suggestions about how we can help.

Bird is the Word

Bird is the Word

Grade(s):

7

In the spring of 2017 the students on the 7 Green Team at Oak Middle School in Shrewsbury, MA partnered with the Mass Audubon Society at Broad Meadow Brook to create field guide materials for their annual fundraising event called the “Bird-a-Thon".

Flight of Hope

Flight of Hope - Gladys's Story

Grade(s):

4, 5

As part of a study called Crossing Borders, fourth and fifth-grade teachers at Cold Spring School collaborated with IRIS (Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services), a New Haven-based non-profit organization that supports families and individuals who immigrate to or seek refuge in Connecticut. 

Rainforest Adventure eBook

Grade(s):

5

This eBook was created as the final performance task in the Biodiversity of the Rainforest expedition.

Four Freedoms Expedition

Grade(s):

8

At King Middle School in Portland, Maine, eighth-grade students explore the concept of freedom by first looking at Norman Rockwell’s famous illustrations of the four freedoms, printed in the Saturday Evening Post in 1943.

Rock and Mineral Trading Cards

Grade(s):

4

Set of trading cards with illustrations and information on rocks and minerals

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