Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Water and Math: Distance, the Pythagorean Theorem, and Scale

Grade(s):

8

The eighth grade teaching team at ASCEND planned an interdisciplinary expedition around water. In science, students conducted water testing, in humanities they created podcasts from interviews of people’s memories associated with water, and did watercolors in art.

Now and Long Ago

Grade(s):

1

Coloring book featuring daily items of today and parallel items in colonial times

Black Holes: What are They?

Grade(s):

9

Children's book that explains black holes to young readers

The Toy Alphabet

Grade(s):

K

Alphabet poster featuring toys, created for Pre-K students by Kindergarten students

Healthy Snacks Recipe Book

Grade(s):

1, 2

Bilingual cookbook based on students' knowledge of the food pryamid and healthy snacks

The Wolf That Would Forgive

Grade(s):

8

Original fables with scratchboard illustrations based on personally important life experiences

Fanta

Grade(s):

8

Fictional account of a young female slave as told through the eyes of a visitor to the plantation

Recycling

Grade(s):

1

Report on school trash and recycling data and suggestions to support recycling at school

Bee-fore and After Posters

Grade(s):

3

Scientific drawings in first drafts and, after learning about bees and critique, second drafts

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