Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Poetry, Poets and Becoming Writers/Wabanaki Studies

Grade(s):

4

Students engage in Units 1 and 2 of the 4th grade module "Poetry, Poets and Becoming Writers" to unpack what makes a poem a poem and explain what inspires writers to write poetry. Concurrently, students learn about the Wabanaki tribe to understand their daily life and culture.

Original Physics Experiments

Grade(s):

1, 2

Collection of students' self-designed physics experiments and their conclusions

Pieces of Me

Grade(s):

3

Book featuring students' favorite body parts through black and white photography and hand-written text

You Grotto Go To Hemlock Gorge

Grade(s):

6

Graphic novel about the geographic history of the Hemlock Gorge

2005 Tree Calendar

Grade(s):

K

Calendar featuring an illustration of trees at the corresponding time of year

Creation of a Nation

Grade(s):

4

Original, student-written play on the Revolutionary War and the birth of the United States

ASL ABCs

Grade(s):

5, 6

Book created to introduce young audiences to the manual alphabet of American Sign Language

Testing the Waters

Grade(s):

5

Scientific report of water quality testing in stream, written in professional science journal format

Get a Clue

Grade(s):

1

Nonfiction artistic children's book on fossils and geology based on fieldwork to local sites

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