Example Projects
The Blood Bank Project: Team Teaching
High Tech High seniors work on multimedia dioramas integrating art, biology, and technology to promote the San Diego Blood Bank. [Time: 4:40]
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Middle School Project: Gender Roles
Middle school students at the Greater Brunswick Charter School in New Jersey complete an interdisciplinary project about gender roles combining Language Arts, History, Biology, and Media Literacy. [Time: 8:56]
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Elementary Project: Courtyard Redesign
5th graders from Madison Wisconsin public school present their finished designs to a group of school architects, planners, & designers. The video also demonstrates teacher planning. [Time: 8:41]
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Middle School Project: Public Art
Art, history, engineering, language arts, and technology, both old and new, come together for eighth grade students in this rich project learning expedition at King Middle School in Portland, Maine. [Time: 6:53]
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High School Project: Save the Beach
During an interdisciplinary project, High Tech High students use the power of media and the knowledge of scientific data to educate the public about the water quality at local beaches. [Time: 5:32]
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Expeditionary Project: Give Me Shelter
Juniors at Casco Bay High School, in Portland, Maine, explore homelessness by working in teams to make audio slide-show portraits in a semester-long project about housing issues and public policy. [Time: 5:00]
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Design Project: How to Charrette
The Salvadori Center in New York take 100 students through an all-day design challenge to redesign Time Square as a pedestrian mall with the help of professional engineers, architects, and designers. [Time: 3:54]
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Student Led Projects: Open-Air Education
Large-scale, long-term projects are designed, with the help of mentors, by high school students at West Hawaii Explorations Academy to be science-focused, outdoor, & hands-on. [Time: 8:49]
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The Gender Project: The Project Debrief
To finalize the Gender Project, Greater Brunswick Charter School students give presentations, and instructors discuss student speaking and presentation skills and reflect on lessons learned. [Time: 4:42]
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Expeditionary Learning: Soil Superheroes
King Middle School seventh graders work with community experts to create scientifically accurate cartoon pamphlets on beneficial aspects of Bacteria. [Time: 6:34]
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