Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

The 6th Mass Extinction

Raising Awareness - The 6th Mass Extinction

Grade(s):

5

The 5th-grade crew at  Palouse Prairie Charter School explored the 6th Mass Extinction—the possibility that we are on the verge of having 75% or more of the species on our planet go extinct within a relatively short period of time.

Ohio’s Veterans: Our True American Heroes

Ohio’s Veterans: Our True American Heroes

Grade(s):

8

  • What makes someone a hero?
  • How have wars changed our world?
  • How can a personal story impact the world?

Busy Bees on the Palouse

Grade(s):

1, 2

"1st and 2nd grade students at PPCS spent their spring semester learning about plants and pollinators and their importance in the local ecosystem.

Sebago

Grade(s):

6

The expedition focused on myth understandings, which were focused on the relationship between scientific astronomical phenomena, such as day and night, eclipses, sunrises, and sunsets, and explanations of those concepts throughout history in the form of myths.

San Diego Bay: 2008 Tide Calendar

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Tide calendar featuring information on the endangered and threatened species of the San Diego Bay

Physnewtons

Grade(s):

12

Illustrated guide to the California State Physics Standards, with a reader's assessment as appendix

Don't Bee Crazy, Save Our Bees

Grade(s):

1, 2

Video designed to teach other students about the importance of honey bees

Grasshopper Card - Drafts

Grade(s):

2

Series of scientific drawings showing a student's revision process through multiple critique sessions

Picture Alphabet

Grade(s):

K

Individual letter posters for above the blackboard created by students

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