Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Space Illustrated

Grade(s):

3

Space magazine for kids informed by students keeping "sky journals" and keeping track of questions

The Port Susan Restoration Project

Grade(s):

3, 4, 5, 6

Informative postcard mailed to the students' community describing restoration of a local estuary

Instruction Manual for the GH Monoscope

Grade(s):

4

Instruction manual written by students, for students to support effective use of the school's monoscopes

Austin's Butterfly Drafts

Grade(s):

1

Drafts of a scientific illustration of a Western Tiger Swallowtail butterfly

Revitalize Rochester - Poster

Grade(s):

6

Poster advertising a student presentation on re-watering the Erie Canal in Rochester NY

Willie Mays Poster

Grade(s):

6

Poster-sized portrait of Willie Mays; part of a biography and living history project

Creature of the Tides

Grade(s):

11

Bilingual Hawaiian/English illustrated children's book to help support learning of Hawaiian culture

Food for Thought

Grade(s):

6

Sixth grade students at High Tech Middle Chula Vista in San Diego, California created this cookbook as part of a project focused on why and how to make healthy food choices.

Frogs and Toads

Frog and Toad Tales

Grade(s):

3

Over the course of a six-week period, third-grade students at Eanes Elementary in Austin, Texas deeply explored the genres of informational and narrative nonfiction.

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