Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Puss in Boots and the Adventure

Grade(s):

K, 1

This is a weather book written by a first grader in multiple drafts as a culminating project for the end of the weather unit. The entire class wrote books, and all had drafts and a rubric for their illustrations and stories.

Water Wise Billboard

Grade(s):

6

Sixth grade students transferred knowledge about the properties and movement of water through the Earth's hydrosphere and grappled with the content of the hydrosphere on a smaller scale: our local Root Pike Watershed. Students took a deeper look at their watershed: Lake Michigan.

San Diego Bay: A Call for Conservation

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Field guide to the San Diego Bay featuring ecological aspects of the bay; forward by E.O. Wilson

Beetlemania: It's More Than Just John, Paul, Ringo and George

Grade(s):

5, 6

Field guide to the Rocky Mountain Beetle infestation in the Colorado forest ecosystem

Fabulous Fox, Fabulous Fox, Who do you see?

Grade(s):

K

Picture book about emotions and empathy.

Discovering the Genesee - Volume 1

Grade(s):

3

Natural and cultural field guide about the early history of Rochester, NY

Rock-On “Rock”chester

Grade(s):

5

Field-guide to Rochester, NY; includes information on local geological features and explains geologic forces

Blueprints with Four Drafts

Grade(s):

5, 6

Scale plan-view residential blueprints in multiple drafts; professional architect critique in process

Photographic Self-Portraits

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Photographic portraits, taken by classmates as part of a project on identity

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