Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Access Portland: A Resource Guide for New Immigrants and Refugees

Grade(s):

6, 7, 8

Guide to resources for new refugees and immigrants in Portland, ME, written by students new to the U.S.

Signs from A to Z

Grade(s):

5, 6

Manual alphabet of ASL illustrated with watercolor images and alliterative stories

What is a Mastodon?

Grade(s):

K

Illustrated book on mastodons with support from a paleontologist

Life

Life The Book: Volume One, Genetics in America

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Students at High Tech Media Arts in San Diego, California authored this book after studying genetic engineering and the impact of genetic issues on all stages of life.

E is for Extraordinary Life

E is for Extraordinary Life

Grade(s):

1, 2

First and second grade students at Pocatello Community Charter School in Pocatello, Idaho designed an alphabet book as a final product for an expedition on Monarch butterflies.

Honesty

What Does It Mean To Be Honest?

Grade(s):

1, 2

Students in Lake Bluff’s MAC 1 East (multiage 1st and 2nd-grade classroom) were responsible for creating a presentation about honesty for their school wide community circle. 

Play The Game

Play The Game

Grade(s):

12

In an “Introduction to Rhetoric” unit, Seniors at WHEELS studied various commencement and convocation speeches and wrote rhetorical analysis essays around the essential question, “How can words compel action?”  Then, using a newly acquired rhetorical toolkit, students crafted motivational speeches for incoming ninth grade students at WHEELS.

Bugs Tell a Story

Bugs Tell a Story: Healthy Habitats Along the Genesee River

Grade(s):

K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

In effort to raise awareness of the state of a local river, GCCS K-5 classes developed a schoolwide expedition focusing on the health of the Genesee River in the spring of 2017.

The Truth about Climate Change According to Kids

The Truth About Climate Change According to Kids

Grade(s):

3

Third-grade students at Presumpscot Elementary School studied climate change and its impact on the Coast of Maine (lobsters' life cycle) and our economy. 

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