Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

River Book

River Book

Grade(s):

8

Eighth-grade students at Open World Learning Community (OWL) in Saint Paul, Minnesota created this publication as part of a yearlong expedition focusing on the Mississippi River.

A Day in the Life of an Animal

A Day in the Life of an Animal

Grade(s):

3, 4

This book was created by the Centaurs (third / fourth graders) at Santa Fe School for the Arts & Sciences as the culminating project of an expedition that asked the question, “How do animals survive?” 

Truckee Top Ten

Top 10 Things to Do in Truckee with Kids Under 10

Grade(s):

2, 3

During a Social Studies Expedition on the history of Truckee, California, students visited and learned from experts about the stories and history of historic buildings in downtown Truckee.

Partnership in Poetry

Grade(s):

4

4th Graders partnered with the Clyfford Still Museum to deepen their learning about the guiding questions and big ideas as modified to include Language Arts and Visual Arts: What inspired artists to create?

12 Angry Jurors

Grade(s):

9

Playbill that includes original student writing; introduces a play adapted from 12 Angry Men

Big Bend Friendship Book

Grade(s):

Pre-K

Each page of this book includes a drawn portrait, photograph and a "verbal self-portrait"

Colorado Bird Project

Grade(s):

K, 1

Hand-bound books about the unique features that make a bird a bird

A Historical Walk through Massachusetts

Grade(s):

3

Book with illustrations and descriptions of local colonial history created in research teams

What’s Happening in the Bog?

Grade(s):

6

Field guide to a local bog that includes written descriptions, photographs and illustrations

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