Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Architectural Features Cards

Grade(s):

5

Trading cards with illustrations of historic architectural features in Boston, Philadelphia and Rochester

Herbal Access

Grade(s):

12

One student's senior project about herbalism, with information and art in varied media

Healthy Snacks Recipe Book

Grade(s):

1, 2

Bilingual cookbook based on students' knowledge of the food pryamid and healthy snacks

The Wolf That Would Forgive

Grade(s):

8

Original fables with scratchboard illustrations based on personally important life experiences

Fanta

Grade(s):

8

Fictional account of a young female slave as told through the eyes of a visitor to the plantation

Recycling

Grade(s):

1

Report on school trash and recycling data and suggestions to support recycling at school

Bee-fore and After Posters

Grade(s):

3

Scientific drawings in first drafts and, after learning about bees and critique, second drafts

Unfamiliar Landscapes

Unfamiliar Landscapes: The Project

Grade(s):

12

Twelfth grade students at High Tech High in San Diego, California used the key concept of “unfamiliar landscapes” to study how we create or alter landscapes, and how, in turn, landscapes alter us as individuals and community members.

Wheelchair Hand Drive

Wheelchair Hand Drive

Grade(s):

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

As part of the studio, “Hacking Wheelchairs for Urbanity” NuVu students were tasked with improving the wheelchair by accessorizing it as opposed to redesigning the chair itself. Part of this challenge was also affordability, as many current technologies are costly.

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