Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Clean Up The Air: Get UR Green

Clean Up The Air: Get UR Green

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

This public service music video is a compelling product of student-powered learning. Students did extensive field work that fueled their learning about the environment, pollution, and advocacy for change.  

Snakes Are Born This Way

Snakes Are Born This Way

Grade(s):

2

In 2012, a group of second graders in at the Conservatory Lab Charter School in Dorchester, Massachusetts redefined what it means to be academically courageous.

Black History Geometric Portraits

Black History Geometric Portraits

Grade(s):

7

Knowing the past opens doors to our future. Students created geometric portraits based on a hero of African descent. After researching their hero, students picked a quote from their hero and used that as a base to create a silhouette for their geometric and monochrome portrait.

Engineer a Mining Technique Model

Grade(s):

4, 5

After learning about the various mining techniques used during and after the California Gold Rush, students are asked to engineer a final product of a technical drawing and working model that exhibits a solid understanding of a particular mining type.

OWL Phenology Calendar

Grade(s):

4

Seventh-grade Open World Learning Community (OWL) students explore the guiding question, “What makes a community thrive or suffer?” in their year-long interdisciplinary Community Expedition. Fall field work in local nature centers kicks off each school year.

Journals of Trip to New York City

Grade(s):

5, 6

Collage-style journals from a mutli-day trip to NYC

E is for Egypt

Grade(s):

6

Children's alphabet book about Egypt; informed by critique and revision

A Child's Guide to Riverhill Farm

Grade(s):

3, 4

Educational coloring book designed to teach children about a local farm

Invasive Species in Maine

Grade(s):

7

A field guide to invasive species in Maine

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