Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Social Justice PSA

Social Justice Issue Public Service Announcements

Grade(s):

8

As a culminating social studies expedition product, 8th-grade students of Sierra Expeditionary Learning School, Truckee, CA produced Public Sevice Announcements on current social justice issues of their own choosing.

Truckee Top Ten

Top 10 Things to Do in Truckee with Kids Under 10

Grade(s):

2, 3

During a Social Studies Expedition on the history of Truckee, California, students visited and learned from experts about the stories and history of historic buildings in downtown Truckee.

Symbiosis

Learning How to See

Grade(s):

7

Students in the 7th-grade team at Camden-Rockport Middle School in Camden, Maine, focused on the observation and representation of symbiotic relationships in the environment.

Kids Talk Climate

Kids Talk Climate

Grade(s):

6

Climate change has been called the defining issue of the next generation. As students grapple with the chemical and physical science associated with how humans are impacting our climate, they have one question: what can we do?

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.

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. 

Environmental Justice in Southeast Michigan

Grade(s):

6

Sixth-grade students at Detroit Achievement Academy studied the history of housing discrimination in their region.

Voter Flyer

Voter Advocacy Flyers

Grade(s):

5, 6

Why is voting not only a right but also a significant responsibility of America citizens?

Our Local Endangered Frogs

Grade(s):

2

Students were engaged with the guiding question, “Where are all our frogs?”. Our local frog species have been declining due to an influx of poisonous cane toads. After being introduced into Australia, cane toads had no natural predators and are now a major threat to native animals.

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