Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Insects, The Magazine

Grade(s):

2

Simulated magazine covers and newspaper articles featuring insects

The Study of Life Cycles

Grade(s):

2

Field guide with habitat, life cycle, diet, behavior, predators and interesting facts about insects

Life in a Vernal Pool Field Guide

Grade(s):

7

Field guide with information, illustration and fiction; joined to a successful effort to certify a vernal pool

Seasons of Life

Grade(s):

6

Biography of an elder from a local nursing home created by two students who visited her there

Maine’s Flora

Grade(s):

7

Field guide with highly detailed illustrations of plants.

The Pond Alphabet Book

Grade(s):

3

Children's alphabet book of pond life illustrated in watercolor

I Like the Color

Grade(s):

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Hawaiian culture children's book on colors, written by a range of upper elementary - high school students

What's Out There?

What’s Out There? A True or False Book about the Universe

Grade(s):

4

Fourth grade students at the Conservatory Lab Charter School in Dorchester, Massachusetts created this book as part of an expedition on the Solar System and beyond as they grappled with questions about the universe.

Backcountry IV

Backcountry IV

Grade(s):

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

As part of the Brink: Biometric Interface studio—an exploration of better technologies for those who work or play in extreme conditions—Nuvu students Jordana Conti, Sydney Brown, Oliver Geller, Devin Lewtan, Laurel Sullivan and Max Dadagian created an innovative solution to a common threat: hypot

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