Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Penelope

Penelope The Pain-O-Monster

Grade(s):

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Students grappled with the challenge doctors face in collecting accurate self-reported information from children about their level of pain due to lack of communication skills, fear, anxiety, and discomfort.

junior high students poems and artwork on identity

If I Was A Country - Poems and Maps

Grade(s):

7, 8

In the course of a yearlong exploration of identity, students at Anser Charter School considered the geography and political history of Europe in order to frame an investigation into the causes and lasting effects of the Holocaust.

Freaky Frogs of West Virginia

Freaky Frogs of West Virginia

Grade(s):

3

Third-grade students at Explorer Academy in Huntington, West Virginia took Unit 3 of the EL Curriculum module “Adaptations and the Wide World of Frogs” and made it their own.

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.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Grade(s):

K

Book about gardening created by young students who planted and cared for a garden at school

East End Bird Cards

Grade(s):

1

Cards with illustrations and information about birds

Get Bent

Grade(s):

12

Design project book of wooden, curved chairs; with photos, mathematical models, marketing posters

Six-Word Memoir Self Portraits

Grade(s):

2

Poems of a carefully selected memory joined with self-portraits

Portraits of Rochester

Grade(s):

4

Newspaper with interviews of town officials and historical information about the city of Rochester, NY

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