Gallery of
Student Work
Project-based learning can encompass a wide range of academic subjects during the course of a single project. So while the finished products are often spectacular, the learning process itself is the primary goal.
For example, for second graders who built this scale model of the Titanic, the model itself was a culmination of weeks of immersion in history, sociology, geography, and oceanography of the early 1900s. The model is fantastic, however, what the students learned about research, world history and mathematics of scale is the less tangible but more important "product."
The same class, now curious about oceanography, later did a project on coral reef ecosystems. Questions and interests raised from one project often open doors to other projects, with academic skills growing in the process.
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Below are samples of both class and individual project work, presented in links, slideshows, video, sound-files, pdfs and more:
1st Grade art on the musical suite "The Planets" by Gustav Holst during their project on Space.
HIRE UnderSTanding
Click here to visit a website our 8th graders made to present a series of podcasts they produced on discrimination in the workplace. The podcast project was part of a semester class study on the broader topic of discrimination.
MARS COLONY
PROJECT
2nd Grade
The 2nd graders and their teacher, Ms. Christina Martin, were fascinated by space and space travel. They decided to turn their classroom into a working space colony on Mars.
In Our Own WORLDS
THE HUMAN BODY PROJECT
3rd Grade
The 3rd graders and their teacher, Ms Angela Whitacre, embarked on an exploration of the human body, learning all about each major organ and tissue system, and how they work together. The project culminated in building a life-size three-dimensional anatomical model using a mannequin and a variety of household and arts and crafts items made into replicas of organs, bones, muscles a circulatory system, and more.
"Enjoying education"
A Documentary
For their class project, 8th graders planned, filmed, and produced a documentary on the benefits of making education enjoyable for students and ways that schools can ensure students stay engaged. They held a public screening, and planned how to use the film as a resource for future educators.
Virtual Equity in
Education Fair
Originally planned as an event in our Gym, this 8th Grade Capstone Project went virtual with the advent of Covid-19 social distancing. Learning how to prepare an host a video-conference became part of the project learning!
THE Dakota
Access Pipeline
Project
When 7th graders were curious about protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, they embarked on a social studies exploration of Native American rights, the history of treaties in the United States, and an examination of oil transportation issues. The class broke into two groups and held a debate on whether the pipeline should be relocated based on treaty and environmental concerns. The entire middle school listened to the debate. Other students were able to address questions to those who presented the issues.