Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Our Local Endangered Frogs

Grade(s):

2

Students were engaged with the guiding question, “Where are all our frogs?”. Our local frog species have been declining due to an influx of poisonous cane toads. After being introduced into Australia, cane toads had no natural predators and are now a major threat to native animals.

Local Leaders of Social Change

Grade(s):

5

I am the fifth grade teacher at Odyssey School of Denver. I have 27 learners in my Crew, with a wide range of reading abilities, interests, and experiences.

In My Perfect World: An Exploration of Human Rights

Grade(s):

5

Guiding Questions:

1. What are human rights and how can they be threatened?

2. How can we raise awareness of human rights?

 

Munjoy Hill Businesses

Grade(s):

2, 3

Tri-fold brochure about the businesses in one neighborhood in Portland, Maine, to aid local stores

These Animals Live On My Ranch

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Bilingual Hawaiian/English children's book about animals

Why Do Animals Look the Way They Look?

Grade(s):

K

Book of adaptations of different animals local to Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.

Field Guide to Insects in Western Massachusetts

Grade(s):

2

Local field guide based on field observations and study with an entomologist

Many Faces, Many Places – One New Life

Grade(s):

8

Calendar that featuring stories and photos of recent immigrants to the United States

Mary Jo Wellington

Grade(s):

8

Fictional account of a slave told through a series of letters to her father

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