Energy Puzzles Our senior engineering students created jigsaw puzzles to introduce energy concepts to …
Healthy Choices: Food For Thought The Food for Thought project focused on why and how to make healthy food choices.
Historic Rap Throwdown In pairs, students chose and then researched a controversial historical figure that had …
Turning Points, Toy Theatre The goal of this project was to recreate and interpret critical historical turning …
The End of the World Uncovered Students and teachers built this project from scratch. We started with students’ …
Matter All Around First Grade Scientists explored the world of matter all around them! They wondered…
The Learning Landscape Students often complain about their learning environments, whether it’s comfort …
Are You Fitter Than a 5th Grader? Over the course of 11 weeks, 5th grade students studied the human body, learned about …
The Great 9th Grade Odyssey Students worked in groups of three or four to create boats made solely out of cardboard …
Mindsets and Student Agency We can’t force students to develop agency and drive their own learning. It must come from…
Teachable Moments: A Lesson In Listening To Students Many teachers will tell you about a “teachable moment”—that magical moment of learning…
Don’t Just Talk About Character: Teach Habits When was the last time you were involved in completing a project for work that didn’t…
Scaffolding Creativity Through Design Thinking Many students commented that they struggled with their design and working with their group. I noticed these challenges as well.
Taking A Stand On Controversial Issues Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.
A Differentiated Lesson, A To Z My students have a wide range of background knowledge in mathematics. They also process…
Gaining Perspective: Guiding Student Reflection We’ve all had those days when a couple of minor things go wrong and suddenly the whole day…
Deeper Learning For Professionals Many of the professional development experiences we have as K-12 educators are lackluster.
Design Thinking vs. “Refrigerator Projects” Do you remember as a child the sheer thrill that came with having your work displayed on the…
Deeper Learning In Common Core Math Projects Would teachers continue to be able to personalize and bring in adult world connections through math…
Change Leadership For Learning In this UnBoxed interview, Tony Wagner, first Innovation Education Fellow at the Technology…
Solving Real-World Problems With Open Source Software In what follows, I will explain how a recent project of mine benefitted from working…
An Artful Thinking Classroom I projected the image onto the screen and gave my eighth grade students several quiet…
