Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

The Color I Made Is Stunning

"The Color I Made Is Stunning!"

Grade(s):

Pre-K

Pre-kindergarten students at Capital City Charter School in Washington, D.C. worked on an intensive study about color mixing and the connection between colors and feelings.

Immigration Stories

Nuestras Historias de Inmigración / Our Immigration Stories

Grade(s):

2, 3

Second and third-grade students at Allen-Field School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin created this timely and beautiful bilingual book with their own personal immigration stories.

Whale of a Project

Whale of a Project

Grade(s):

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Elementary students (1st-6th) in a Significant Support Needs (SSN) special education class engaged in an expedition centered around the Sanctuary Ocean Count Project in Hawaii to learn about whales, culminating in a multi-disciplinary project with the SSN teacher, Speech Language Pathologist (SLP

Blades of Change

Blades of Change

Grade(s):

12

Blades of Change is a documentary film that was written, filmed, directed and edited by the senior class of 2018 as the product of an interdisciplinary expedition on energy. 

Work Helpers In Our Detroit Community

Grade(s):

K

The Kindergarten crews at Detroit Achievement Academy started the year learning about identity and community.

Wisconsin for Kids and By Kids

Grade(s):

6, 7, 8

Guide to Wisconsin's history, places and people written and illustrated by 500 middle school students

One Earth Step Gently: 23 Ways You Can Help Our Planet

Grade(s):

1, 2

Children's book with 23 suggestions for protecting the environment; collage art format

The Campanile

Grade(s):

9, 10, 11, 12

Newspaper produced by and for students.

Insect Cards

Grade(s):

2

Set of notecards featuring scientific illustrations and written descriptions of insects

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