Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Impounded Identity: Reflections on an American Concentration Camp

Grade(s):

7, 8

  • What impacts identity?
  • Why remember?
  • What empowers us to resist injustice?

Beetlemania: It's More Than Just John, Paul, Ringo and George

Grade(s):

5, 6

Field guide to the Rocky Mountain Beetle infestation in the Colorado forest ecosystem

Testing the Waters

Grade(s):

5

Scientific report of water quality testing in stream, written in professional science journal format

Seasons of Life

Grade(s):

6

Biography of an elder from a local nursing home created by two students who visited her there

Child Life in the 1830's

Grade(s):

6, 7

The creation of the “Child Life in the 1830s” exhibit was the culminating activity of Old Sturbridge Academy’s 2021-22 Grade 6 and Grade 7 Exhibits crews.

APT

Arte Para Todos

Grade(s):

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

NuVu students Seth Isaacson, Joshua Brancazio, Oliver Geller and Alea Laidlaw participated in the Easing Cerebral Palsy Design Studio, a two-week session focused on designing products that ease the lives of children with Cerebral Palsy and their caregivers.

Autumn Helena Washington Hawn

Grade(s):

5, 6

Fictional life of Deaf teenage girl, descriptions and artifacts

Flight of Hope

Flight of Hope - Gladys's Story

Grade(s):

4, 5

As part of a study called Crossing Borders, fourth and fifth-grade teachers at Cold Spring School collaborated with IRIS (Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services), a New Haven-based non-profit organization that supports families and individuals who immigrate to or seek refuge in Connecticut. 

Bacterium Weekly

Grade(s):

6, 7, 8

Scientific magazine on bacteria

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