HERE IS HOW WE DO IT
We Start With
Students and Collaborators
We Start With
1. We start with the theme
2. We explore ideas, examine relevant materials, and experience them firsthand.
Collaborators
Students and Collaborators
We Start With
3. Collaborators bring in provocations, stories, books, experts, writing challenges, science experiments, and numeracy exercises that harness students’ curiosity to simultaneously build skills and deepen the students’ understanding of the theme.
Students and Collaborators
Students and Collaborators
Students and Collaborators
4. Students and Collaborators work together to create something for the community that shows their learning.
5. We share the student’s project with the community.
OUTCOMES BY SUBJECTS
Literacy & Communication/ Engineering & Arts
Literacy & Communication/ Engineering & Arts
Literacy & Communication/ Engineering & Arts
reading books, writing, drawing,
re-telling stories/
build, experiment, design, sketch
Mathematic Thinking & Scientific Fluency
Literacy & Communication/ Engineering & Arts
Literacy & Communication/ Engineering & Arts
recognizing patterns, measuring objects, and recognizing shapes
Social Studies & Community Engagement
Literacy & Communication/ Engineering & Arts
Social Studies & Community Engagement
exploring and understanding self and others
Science & Nature
Social Studies & Community
Social Studies & Community Engagement
Exploring the Body
Exploring Air
Exploring Water
Exploring Coffee Beans
Exploring the weather
Exploring Pollution
Exploring Space
Exploring the Eco System
Explore the Habitat
Exploring seeds
Creative & Engineering
Social Studies & Community
Social Studies & Community
Exploring motion
Exploring Recycling
Exploring silk
Exploring Solar Power
Social Studies & Community
Social Studies & Community
Social Studies & Community
Exploring geophagy
Exploring community helpers