Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Beautiful and Yummy

Grade(s):

1, 2

Mini book describes the process for growing basil, making pesto and making pasta from scratch

Explosives and Chemical Warfare

Grade(s):

10

Students use algebra to analyze the chemical makeup of weapons.

Centaurtown

Centaurtown

Grade(s):

3, 4

During a yearlong expedition, the 3rd and 4th grade students at Santa Fe School for Arts and Science explored animal habitats. They started with the question, "What do animals need to survive?" During the first semester.

Home of Collette Brule – Floors 1 and 2

Grade(s):

5, 6

Scale architectural blueprints of a home for a fictional character, critiqued by professional architects

Chicken Coop

Community Chicken Coops

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Bertie County is home to a Perdue chicken plant, which means many farmers raise broiler chickens (up to 250,000 at a time!) for the company.

Drafts of a Cave Home

Grade(s):

5, 6

Cross-sectional illustrations of a prehistoric cave home through multiple drafts with peer critique

Nuclear Decay

Grade(s):

10

These projects were created by tenth grade students at Harborside Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin as part of a learning expedition called World of Conflict.

Healthy Snacks Recipe Book

Grade(s):

1, 2

Bilingual cookbook based on students' knowledge of the food pryamid and healthy snacks

Nutville

Nutville

Grade(s):

9

Liam, a student in a 9th grade Math 1 class at Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California created this video to fulfill an assignment for a product that would generate and show a connection between two sequences of n

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