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Making dog houses & cat condos for adopted pets with 5th graders

March 20, 2025

Alec talks to fifth grade teacher Jeff Govoni about a project he and his fifth grade colleagues did last year, in which students designed and built dog houses and cat condos for animals seeking adoption.

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Read Jeff Govoni’s article for Unboxed, about this (and other) projects, “Deconstructing Construction Projects”
 
For more ideas about assessing projects, check out our episode with physics teacher Ted Cuevas, “How to Assess Students like Scouts”
 
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