Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Busy Bees on the Palouse

Grade(s):

1, 2

"1st and 2nd grade students at PPCS spent their spring semester learning about plants and pollinators and their importance in the local ecosystem.

Sebago

Grade(s):

6

The expedition focused on myth understandings, which were focused on the relationship between scientific astronomical phenomena, such as day and night, eclipses, sunrises, and sunsets, and explanations of those concepts throughout history in the form of myths.

San Diego Bay: 2008 Tide Calendar

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Tide calendar featuring information on the endangered and threatened species of the San Diego Bay

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

Pond Calendar

Grade(s):

3

Calendar and field guide with information on pond animals and plants

Floura Casuella

Grade(s):

5, 6

Fictional life and career of a scientist

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