Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

A Field Guide to East Bog Swamp

Grade(s):

6

Micro-field guide to a 3 foot by 3 foot plot of land

A Park Grows in Portland

Grade(s):

7

Local field guide with B & W illustrations; created with help of city arborist

Meet Local Scientists

Grade(s):

5, 6

Book for young readers celebrating the work of local scientists, drawn from short student internships

Ocean Animals of Maine

Grade(s):

K

Field guide to local ocean animals, informed by research at the ocean next to the school

Dried Tears

Dried Tears: Voices from the Time of Slavery

Grade(s):

5

Fifth grade students at the Polaris Charter Academy in Chicago, Illinois created this book as part of a study on slavery in the United States in the 1800s.

Aztec Indian Portraits

Aztec Indian Portraits

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Art I-IV students at Spearman High School in Spearman, Texas created these colored pencil drawings as part of a co-curricular project in social studies and art.

Pages