Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

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Pre-K12
Humans of Cambridge

Humans of Cambridge

Grade(s):

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Nuvu students in the Cinemagraph studio learned how to create their own cinemagraphs—digital photos that include a subtle and looped movement.

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.

And Justice for All

Grade(s):

11

Tableaus in silhouette exploring the gap between American historical ideals and current society

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.

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.

Sky Fall

Sky Fall

Grade(s):

10, 11

This song was created by three students in the Hip Hop literacy project at William Smith High School in Aurora, Colorado.

Herbal Access

Grade(s):

12

One student's senior project about herbalism, with information and art in varied media

We Are Oakland International

We Are Oakland International

Grade(s):

9, 10

Ninth and tenth grade students at Oakland International High School in Oakland, California created this comic book as part of an interdisciplinary project combining art, reading and literacy, and social studies.

Play The Game

Play The Game

Grade(s):

12

In an “Introduction to Rhetoric” unit, Seniors at WHEELS studied various commencement and convocation speeches and wrote rhetorical analysis essays around the essential question, “How can words compel action?”  Then, using a newly acquired rhetorical toolkit, students crafted motivational speeches for incoming ninth grade students at WHEELS.

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