Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

The Diary of Anne Frank Audio Play

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Ten high school students rehearsed together to put together an audio play of The Diary of Anne Frank to be used as a resource for the KUSD middle school teachers and students who study this play every spring as part of the required curriculum.

Summer of Mariposas

Grade(s):

8

This website features a digital gallery of 8th Grade student's narrative essays that were selected as Best in Class.

Ikezasso(Ikebana with weeds)

Grade(s):

7

Country: Japan

Senate Expedition

Grade(s):

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Writing with evidence is an important skill for students to learn, but how often do they use mathematics as evidence?

Chicago Water Quality Report

Grade(s):

7, 8

During the 2022-2023 school year, seventh and eighth grade students at Polaris Charter Academy focused on learning physics and chemistry through multiple lenses.

Bird Riddle Cards

Grade(s):

1

This project was the result of the EL Curriculum; Grade 1. Module 3 final performance task. Students learn about various bird characteristics that help birds survive.

Advocating for Water

Grade(s):

3

For this final product we created brochures to pass out to our community for celebration of learning. Attached are the brochures.

A Hero's Journey

Grade(s):

6

A Hero’s Journey is a collection of collaborative student writing. This student writing is reflective of the grade 6 learning expedition titled, Building Community.

A Day in the Life of Eastern Sierra Animals

Grade(s):

2

A Day in the Life: Eastern Sierra Animals was created by second grade students at Big Pine Elementary as part of their Wilderness Warriors learning expedition, in which students learned about local habitats and the plants and animals who call these habitats home.

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