Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Reshaping Rochester

Grade(s):

6

Data report of city-wide survey as part of campaign to rewater Erie Canal in Rochester, NY

Shared Space

A Shared Space: Biodiversity and the Tijuana River Watershed

Grade(s):

7

Seventh grade students at High Tech Middle Chula Vista created this book to discover and document the diversity of living organisms seen daily around their school.

Wildlife of the Texas Panhandle

Wildlife of the Texas Panhandle

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

High School students at Spearman High School in Spearman, Texas designed these 18 x 24 pastel paintings as part of a co-curricular project in science and art. Students learned about the habitats, anatomy, hunting, behaviors and growth of wildlife of the Texas Panhandle.

Siteology

Siteology

Grade(s):

11

Students at High Tech High Media Arts School in San Diego, California took part in a project called Siteology. Siteology explores all that is a part of San Diego's cultural DNA.

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.

Walk of the Planets

Grade(s):

3

In this science expedition, 3rd graders answered the guiding question: What is our place in space?

Bills and Gills

Bills and Gills Field Journal and Nonfiction Narrative

Grade(s):

4, 5

Students in the 4th and 5th grade Crews at Sierra Expeditionary Learning School in Truckee, California studied bird and fish species of the Sierra Nevada and created field journal entries as well as a non-fiction narrative to accompany it.  Students followed a performance task in which they obser

Advocating for Water

Grade(s):

3

For this final product we created brochures to pass out to our community for celebration of learning. Attached are the brochures.

Every Picture Tells a Story

Grade(s):

1

Book of photographs city of infrastructure; includes reflections on what makes a high-quality photograph

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