Explorers of the World This project introduced Kindergarteners to exploration, observation, mapping, multiple …
Seed Dispersal Challenge I developed a project to help students explore various seed dispersal adaptations.
Mind The Gap During the next six weeks, students examined income inequality, gender inequality, and …
Walk In Their Shoes Each student chose to research an issue or event in the Congo that was somehow a result …
College Knowledge In this project students looked at how current neuroscience research contributes to …
Coded Structures, Decoded Identities As importantly, students learned to analyze critically how man-made environments affect …
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) Honestly, the performance itself was the best part of the project.
The Meals and Muppets Project In this interdisciplinary project, students looked at the essential question: “Should I …
Syrian Refugee Simulation In this student-created and student-run simulation, community participants took on the …
Cyclic Machines Seniors at HTHNC received a simple prompt: “Create a machine or kinetic art piece that …
The Haunted Arcade: Halloween Carnival Games In preparation for the popular school-wide Halloween carnival, 7th graders challenged …
The Case For Collaboration Many have likened teaching to art. I think there’s something to that. Both are creative…
Uncovering The Why In The Way We Teach I was proud of the countless teaching strategies I had already collected before I began…
Redefining Well-Behaved In The 21st Century Classroom I had never given a thought to the term well-behaved until I heard another teacher use…
Does Deeper Learning Make A Difference? Yes It Does! Established in 1946, American Institutes for Research (AIR) is an independent…
Three Inadequacies My students had no chance to invest in the long-term crafting of beautiful work and no…
A Test That Teaches Trust The challenge is to convince my diverse students (a representative ethnic and…
A Journey With Venetia Phair, The Girl Who Named Pluto In British Primary, we were encouraged to follow our students’ interests in developing…
