Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Iconic: The black and white of our heroes and heroines

Grade(s):

11

Collection of essays in which students reflect on their personal relationship with their chosen icon

Revitalize Rochester: Using Skate Parks to Improve Rochester's Neighborhoods

Grade(s):

6

Report about using skate parks to strengthen community services in Rochester, NY

Flower City Almanac

Grade(s):

3

Booklet on how Rochester became to be known as the Flower City; modeled after the Farmer's Almanac

Access Portland: A Resource Guide for New Immigrants and Refugees

Grade(s):

6, 7, 8

Guide to resources for new refugees and immigrants in Portland, ME, written by students new to the U.S.

Signs from A to Z

Grade(s):

5, 6

Manual alphabet of ASL illustrated with watercolor images and alliterative stories

What is a Mastodon?

Grade(s):

K

Illustrated book on mastodons with support from a paleontologist

Life

Life The Book: Volume One, Genetics in America

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Students at High Tech Media Arts in San Diego, California authored this book after studying genetic engineering and the impact of genetic issues on all stages of life.

E is for Extraordinary Life

E is for Extraordinary Life

Grade(s):

1, 2

First and second grade students at Pocatello Community Charter School in Pocatello, Idaho designed an alphabet book as a final product for an expedition on Monarch butterflies.

Honesty

What Does It Mean To Be Honest?

Grade(s):

1, 2

Students in Lake Bluff’s MAC 1 East (multiage 1st and 2nd-grade classroom) were responsible for creating a presentation about honesty for their school wide community circle. 

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