Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom
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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.
3, 4
Instructions about how to tie knots as well as information on their origin and use, with photos
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Manual for raising chickens that includes articles, photographs, illustrations and essays
5
Fictional speeches written by students in the voice of real historical leaders with symbolic illustrations
Magazine about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871
Micro-field guide to a 3 foot by 3 foot plot of land
7
Local field guide with B & W illustrations; created with help of city arborist
5, 6
Book for young readers celebrating the work of local scientists, drawn from short student internships
K
Field guide to local ocean animals, informed by research at the ocean next to the school
