Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

A Color Expedition

Grade(s):

Pre-K

Book of photos taken and printed by students from color walks in their neighborhood

Perspectives of San Diego Bay: A Field Guide

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Professional-quality natural history field guide to the San Diego Bay; forward by Jane Goodall

The Well Project: A Drinking Water Report

Grade(s):

5, 6

Scientific report on well water quality in Shutesbury, MA based on mass spectrometer testing

Self-portrait Poster

Grade(s):

K

Self-portraits of all the students in one class displayed on a poster, supported by peer critiques

Conflict by the Numbers

Conflict by the Numbers

Grade(s):

10

These booklets were created by tenth grade students at Harborside Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin as the mathematical component of a learning expedition called “World of Conflict.”

Worms

The Dirt on Worms

Grade(s):

K

Kindergarten students at Palouse Prairie Charter School in Moscow, Idaho studied the importance of worms during a learning expedition. 

Tidepool Treasures

Tidepool Treasures

Grade(s):

K, 1

This 12-week project engaged kindergarten and first-grade students in learning about the natural phenomena of tides and the tidepool habitat.

Windsor Farmers Market

Windsor Farmer's Market

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

In the first Studio H project ever, thirteen high school students from Bertie County, NC designed and constructed a 2000-square-foot farmers market for their hometown of 2000 residents.

junior high students poems and artwork on identity

If I Was A Country - Poems and Maps

Grade(s):

7, 8

In the course of a yearlong exploration of identity, students at Anser Charter School considered the geography and political history of Europe in order to frame an investigation into the causes and lasting effects of the Holocaust.

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