Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

The Ware Wanderers Guide to the Outdoors

Grade(s):

6, 7, 8

Guide to local outdoor adventure sites created by students in an after-school program in Ware, MA

Complex City

Complex City

Grade(s):

12

Twelfth grade English and Digital Arts students at High Tech High in San Diego, California created this book in the Fall of 2011 as part of a study on becoming more aware of their own surroundings in order to foster an educated, ethical, and empathetic community.

Adaptations

Adaptations

Grade(s):

12

Twelfth-grade students at High Tech High in San Diego, California presented silent film productions with live sound performances at the Sushi Performance Art Center in downtown San Diego.

Coded Structures, Decoded Identities

Coded Structures, Decoded Identities

Grade(s):

12

During the fall semester of 2015, the HTHMA 12th grade students in Digital Arts, English, and Mathematics investigated the complexities of man-made structures found in urban/rural design and architecture.

Wooden Spoons

Wooden Spoons

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

In the fall project for the 2015-2016 school year, high school students painstakingly designed, carved, and finished individual spoons or eating utensils that represented their family or personal identity.

Appreciation Gallery

Appreciation Gallery

Grade(s):

K

Kindergarten students built upon their knowledge of identity and community helpers by engaging in a project focused on getting to know and showing appreciation for members of the BB&N community.

Geology of California

Geology of California

Grade(s):

6

Geology of California is a middle-school student product synthesizing learning from a semester-long Earth Science expedition.

The Snow is Here!

Grade(s):

K, 1

This work was completed by a kindergartener in a K/1 multiage class. The students began planning their stories by creating a storyboard that included a draft of their main character along with character traits.

Chamber Orchestra Ensemble State Level Performance

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Chamber Orchestra is an after-school ensemble that meets for an hour once a week. The ensemble is come one come all (non-auditioned) open to students grades 9-12. This performance is at the State level Solo & Ensemble contest through the Wisconsin School Music Association.

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