Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Physnewtons

Grade(s):

12

Illustrated guide to the California State Physics Standards, with a reader's assessment as appendix

Adolescent Anatomy and Disease

Grade(s):

10

Book on adolescent health informed by working with medical students from Wright University

Nature Numbers

Grade(s):

Pre-K, K

Photographs of numbers represented in nature are used in basic arithmetic.

Portraits of Rochester

Grade(s):

4

Newspaper with interviews of town officials and historical information about the city of Rochester, NY

Our Classroom Teacher Mrs. Wong

Grade(s):

1

Illustrated profile of their teacher in which she answers simple questions about her life

Vinnie DiCarlo

Grade(s):

5, 6

Fictional life and career of a Mafia leader based on interview with a real FBI agent

Aquatic Invasive Stamps

Grade(s):

6, 7, 8

Posters of postage stamps featuring invasive ocean species created by teams of students

Adventures of the 7th Grade Mind

The Adventures of the 7th Grade Mind: I am an Author

Grade(s):

7

Seventh grade students at High Tech Middle in San Diego, California created this collection of stories as a result of hundreds of hours of writer’s workshop.

Scat

The Whole Scat Story

Grade(s):

2, 3

Second and third-grade students at the Palouse Prairie School in Moscow, Idaho participated in a learning expedition called “The Whole Scat Story.” Students were introduced to the scientific concepts of ecosystems, food chains, and food webs through the lens of scat.

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