Give Bees a Chance

Grade(s):

6

Interviews with local beekeepers about the importance of bees and the impact of Colony Collapse Disorder

Get a Clue

Grade(s):

1

Nonfiction artistic children's book on fossils and geology based on fieldwork to local sites

Testing the Waters

Grade(s):

5

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

Revitalize Rochester - Poster

Grade(s):

6

Poster advertising a student presentation on re-watering the Erie Canal in Rochester NY

6th grade Rochester position paper waterway project canal

Erie Canal Project: Revitalize Rochester

Grade(s):

6

Report/position paper arguing for the restoration of the Erie Canal waterway; campaign was successful

Reshaping Rochester

Grade(s):

6

Data report of city-wide survey as part of campaign to rewater Erie Canal in Rochester, NY

Being Haudenosaunee Then and Now

Being Haudenosaunee Then and Now

Grade(s):

1

"Who were the first people to live where we live now?” That’s the question that kicked off the expedition and led first graders to study the early Haudenosaunee – the “People of the Longhouse.” Students learned more about how these early woodland people relied on natural resources for food, shelt

When the sun passes through a thicker layer of atmosphere we see colors at sunrise and sunset

What's Up?

Grade(s):

3

This book was written  as part of a three-month learning expedition on astronomy. It was written to help introduce other students to these topics.

grass sways lazily in the breeze as birds tweet and insects are at work

Give Bees a Chance

Grade(s):

6

After researching bees as part of a learning expedition, students crafted a book to help people understand the importance of bees to the production of food and the impact of Colony Collapse Disorder.

Revitalizing Rochester- Illuminating Standards Video

A short film about students' interdisciplinary civic project effecting real-world change in Rochester, NY.

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What's Up: Illuminating Standards Video

Short film on the question, "What causes the change of seasons?"  These third graders provide clearer answers than Harvard graduates. 

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