Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Do the Green Thing

Grade(s):

7, 8

Book of tips on energy efficiency created to guide decisions in a school renovation

Hunt for Freedom: Washington Wolves Return

Grade(s):

3, 4, 5

An illustrated book of folktales about wolves

First Come the Eggs

Grade(s):

3

Illustrated children's biography of Seth Green, who started the first fish hatchery in America

San Diego Bay: A Story of Exploitation and Restoration

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Field guide documenting the history of humans, industry and the ecology of the San Diego Bay

Radon Study

Grade(s):

6

Scientific report from student-administered town-wide radon study, done in collaboration with a local college

Flower City Atlas

Grade(s):

3

Historical/environmental guide to Rochester, NY with a focus on the flour and flower industries

Biomimicry

Biomimicry: Respecting Nature Through Design

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Students from the Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High in San Diego, California researched, sketched, photographed, and designed this book on the emerging study of biomimicry as part of a learning expedition.

Tower Garden

Tower Garden Explorations

Grade(s):

4

Throughout a 16 week long Design Thinking Project, Grade 4 students at Elm Street School in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, focused on the driving question, “How might we as young entrepreneurs utilize our Tower Garden to benefit the nutrition and overall health of others in our community?”

The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper

Grade(s):

11, 12

Eleventh and twelfth-grade students at Harborside Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin completed this photography project with many literacy connections entirely in the Photography1 class.

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