Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Iconic: The black and white of our heroes and heroines

Grade(s):

11

Collection of essays in which students reflect on their personal relationship with their chosen icon

Revitalize Rochester: Using Skate Parks to Improve Rochester's Neighborhoods

Grade(s):

6

Report about using skate parks to strengthen community services in Rochester, NY

Flower City Almanac

Grade(s):

3

Booklet on how Rochester became to be known as the Flower City; modeled after the Farmer's Almanac

Alternative Energy Report

Grade(s):

7, 8

Report analyzing the costs/benefits of alternative energy sources for the school w/local field research

Chauncie Mallen

Grade(s):

5, 6

Fictional life and career of a scientist, descriptions and artifacts

The Important Thing About Our Families...

Grade(s):

1

Book with student written and typed sentences about their families and photographic peer portraits

1853: 24 Hours in the Fight for Freedom

Grade(s):

4

Historical fiction highlighting slavery and women's rights; snapshots from a single day in 1853

Shifting Gears

Shifting Gears: Promoting Rochester's Two-Wheeled Revolution

Grade(s):

6

Using the bicycle as a lens for a year-long focus, sixth grade students at the Genesee Community Charter School in Rochester, New York learned how they can make a difference in their own community by engaging in community activism. 

Plant the Seed

Plant the Seed

Grade(s):

6

A community garden project created by sixth-grade students at Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School

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