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Forces At Play!

Third graders at High Tech Elementary designed and built cardboard arcade games based on simple machines like levers, pulleys, and inclined planes [read more]

Jessica Amante, Jordan Fields, Samantha Lee, Sinyoung Choi

English

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2084: Junk Puppet Theatre

The novel 1984 is considered by some to be prophetic, but in many ways it was just ... [read more]

Jeremy Farson, Pam Baker

Subatomic Black Hole Soup: A Graphic Novel Project

For this project, seniors explored the task of teaching a complex physics concept in a .. [read more]

Andrew Gloag, Kelly Williams

Science

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Emerging Entomologists

First graders worked as naturalists to connect the community to the ants that share our environment [read more]

Jamelle Jones, Kari Shelton, Miranda Colvin, Sandy Giang

Big Ideas from Small Creatures

First grade scientists in Room 2 have been interested in garden creatures for a long ... [read more]

Julie Hutchins, Patricia Lim

Math

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Water We Doing? A History Of The World Through Water

Tenth graders stepped into the shoes of scientists and became stewards of our ... [read more]

Aliza Cruz, Laszlo Folks

Conceptual Art Project

When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and ... [read more]

Amy Callahan

Social Studies

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The Lost Postcard Collection

How do you think Odysseus feels during his journey? Is Odysseus a hero by modern standards? [read more]

Angela (Angie) Guerrero, Breawna Power

Syrian Refugee Simulation

In this student-created and student-run simulation, community participants took on the ... [read more]

Alec Patton

Arts

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Mathigami

Mathigami is a program designed at the University of San Diego by Perla ... [read more]

Kristin Komatsubara

San Diego/Tijuana Crossed Gazes

Twenty-two middle school children (12 in Tijuana and 10 in San Diego) learned and applied ... [read more]

Dr. Norma Iglesias-Prieto, Zoë Randall

Elementary School

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Forces At Play!

Third graders at High Tech Elementary designed and built cardboard arcade games based on simple machines like levers, pulleys, and [read more]

Jessica Amante, Jordan Fields, Samantha Lee, Sinyoung Choi

Tidepool Protectors

Through fieldwork and research, students learned how tide pools are created and how the environment changes with low and high [read more]

Ailinne Jimenez, Claire Deken, Lydia Callis

Middle School

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Aquaponic Garden: Food for Thought

The goal of this project was to create a 100% sustainable aquaponics garden that ... [read more]

Colleen Green, Mariah Mellinger

Economics Illustrated

Tenth grade students in Humanities and Digital Imaging created a book on economic ... [read more]

Dan Wise, Jeff Robin

High School

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Nature Treasures from Land to Sea

In this interdisciplinary project, Kindergarten students explored the diversity of San Di... [read more]

Angie Kenny, Jeanine Blum, Latanya Lockett, Michelina Miedema, Rosemarie Biocarles-Rydeen

Welcoming New Members Through Design Thinking

"How can I help new people feel welcome to Colegio Roosevelt and make their transition ... [read more]

Corey Topf, Joseph Bonnici, William Cotter