Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom
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During the 2022-2023 school year, seventh and eighth grade students at Polaris Charter Academy focused on learning physics and chemistry through multiple lenses.
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Book about gardening created by young students who planted and cared for a garden at school
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Cards with illustrations and information about birds
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Design project book of wooden, curved chairs; with photos, mathematical models, marketing posters
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Poems of a carefully selected memory joined with self-portraits
Book using drawings, writing and digital photographs to illustrate the tools and concepts of sailing
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Brochure used as part of a promotional campaign to re-water the Erie Canal in Rochester, NY
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Fictional account of a former slave who escaped
Series of self portraits showing the evolution of students' drawing skills and self image over time