VersUS The central idea of this project was to use the city itself as a text and students captured the details of the journey through photography and journaling
Storytellers of the Land In collaboration with a local conservancy and river park, students identified and cataloged local wildlife through camera trap photo analysis
S2:E12 – Ayo Magwood: Preparing students to Understand, Discuss, and Dismantle Racism Alec and Jean talk to Ayo Magwood about the importance of explicitly teaching the history of race in America…
Wise Kids Traditions We students thought it pretty important to think about one of the most critical things …
Matter That Matters Our goal was for students to understand how resources in our natural world acquire …
Call Sign: Courage Students collaborated with the USS Midway museum to capture the stories of Naval …
Liberty Station: Then and Now We thought this project would be a great entry point for students to delve into learning …
Walk In Their Shoes Each student chose to research an issue or event in the Congo that was somehow a result …
You Say You Want a Revolution? In this action-packed eight-week project, students used primary and secondary resources …
3D Printed Timeline Ninth grade students in the MPX Program at Mid-Pacific Institute created a timeline of …
Choose Your Own Adventure Through U.S. History For this project, students researched, wrote, and self-published a collection of choose …
What is your Everest? After reading the novel Peak, by Roland Smith, fifth grade students studied the …
Once Upon A Prime What role did mathematics play in defining history? How did war, famine, and social …
Turning Points, Toy Theatre The goal of this project was to recreate and interpret critical historical turning …
Historic Rap Throwdown In pairs, students chose and then researched a controversial historical figure that had …
Choose Your Own Adventure Students explored examples of risk taking from personal and state history, through a …
Moral Courage Project n this project my middle school students go on a self-exploration journey through …
The Lascaux Cave Project Our Lascaux Cave Project explored the essential question, “What makes us human?” Working …
Uncovering The Progressive Past: The Origins of PBL Below I explore the origins of PBL and attempt to navigate practices and approaches…
Teachers’ Work And School Change In this UnBoxed interview, Judith Warren Little, Dean of the Graduate School of…
Soaring Eagles In this collaboration between the San Diego Unified School District’s Indian Education …
Chemistry and Conflict The inspiration for this project came from a “thing biography” display at a Los Angeles …
Cultural Encounters Our students explored how historical events such as immigration and war affected their …
Viva La Revolucion! In a semester-long collaboration between two Humanities classes, students researched …
Sometimes the Exhibition is at the Dinner Table Who has the right to decide what should be taught in public schools?…
Experiencing Difference Last Spring, as part of our school’s Immersion Week, thirteen students and I headed to…
I Used To Think… I used to think that traditional public education was the institution with the most…
