Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Civil Rights A to Z from Hidden Figures

Grade(s):

6

While students were reading and discussing Margot Shetterly's book Hidden Figures, we kept a class chart while students kept an individual chart of names, locations, terms, and ideas mentioned in the book about Civil Rights.

Centaur Knot Manual

Grade(s):

3, 4

Instructions about how to tie knots as well as information on their origin and use, with photos

Chickenology: The Art and Science of Keeping Chickens

Grade(s):

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Manual for raising chickens that includes articles, photographs, illustrations and essays

Stand Up! Speak Out!

Grade(s):

5

Fictional speeches written by students in the voice of real historical leaders with symbolic illustrations

Fruit and Vegetable Mystery

Grade(s):

1

Cards with written descriptions and illustrations of fruits and vegetables

Our Book of Tools

Grade(s):

K

Illustrations and descriptions of construction tools; part of a study of local jobs and tools used in those jobs

Snakes of the Pioneer Valley

Grade(s):

7

Field guide about snakes; created by a single student as an independent project

In the Zone: Where the Land Meets the Water

Grade(s):

7

Field guide to the marine organisms of the intertidal zone of Casco Bay

Island Cards

Grade(s):

6, 7

Note cards of the Boston Harbor Islands with illustrations and historical information

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