Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Walk of the Planets

Grade(s):

3

In this science expedition, 3rd graders answered the guiding question: What is our place in space?

Bills and Gills

Bills and Gills Field Journal and Nonfiction Narrative

Grade(s):

4, 5

Students in the 4th and 5th grade Crews at Sierra Expeditionary Learning School in Truckee, California studied bird and fish species of the Sierra Nevada and created field journal entries as well as a non-fiction narrative to accompany it.  Students followed a performance task in which they obser

Engineer a Mining Technique Model

Grade(s):

4, 5

After learning about the various mining techniques used during and after the California Gold Rush, students are asked to engineer a final product of a technical drawing and working model that exhibits a solid understanding of a particular mining type.

OWL Phenology Calendar

Grade(s):

4

Seventh-grade Open World Learning Community (OWL) students explore the guiding question, “What makes a community thrive or suffer?” in their year-long interdisciplinary Community Expedition. Fall field work in local nature centers kicks off each school year.

Journals of Trip to New York City

Grade(s):

5, 6

Collage-style journals from a mutli-day trip to NYC

E is for Egypt

Grade(s):

6

Children's alphabet book about Egypt; informed by critique and revision

A Child's Guide to Riverhill Farm

Grade(s):

3, 4

Educational coloring book designed to teach children about a local farm

Invasive Species in Maine

Grade(s):

7

A field guide to invasive species in Maine

The Land of the Unknown

Grade(s):

6

Program for an original play about ancient Egypt that includes student research

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