Yurt Project

What was your driving question?

What is the history and significance of the Yurt?

Grades Involved
5th through 8th
How did this project connect to your local or regional community?
Our class is moving into Yurt classrooms this year. …

Fairview Forest

What was your driving question?

What types of trees are here in our local park and how has this environment changed the life of the tree? How might we understand and inform others about the varying trees of the Fairview woods and preserve the value of nature? …

Geometry

What was your driving question?

I can recognize geometric ideas and relationships and apply them to other disciplines and to problems that arise in the classroom or in everyday life.(26.2.5.3)

Grades Involved
4th & 5th

What PBE principles were highlighted in this project? …

Exploring Our Culture through the Local Business Park

What was your driving question?

What can we learn about local culture and economy through exploring and mapping local restaurants near Fairview?

Grades Involved
Kindergarten
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The Blazers’ Blessing Project

What was your driving question?

How can we address the food insecurity issues that some of our community members face?

Grades Involved
3rd …

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A POWER-ful Campaign

What was your driving question?

How can we as students create an informative and engaging campaign for Public Power Week?

Grades Involved
5-6
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ocal or regional community? …

Poverty and Wealth

What was your driving question?

How do those in poverty survive in a world driven by wealth? …

Grades Involved
6th, 7th, & 8th

What PBE principles were highlighted in this project?

Learner-Centered, Design Thinking,

Paint It Out: Addressing the ACEs Through Art

Allie Cunningham of University Charter School, pictured with her kindergarten class

What was your driving question?

How can students learn to deal with their emotions?

Grades Involved
Kindergarten

What PBE principles were highlighted in this project?

Learner-Centered, Local to Global, Community as Classroom, Interdisciplinary Approach

Project Description

This project focuses on social-emotional learning. …

Blog for Newcomers: “An Adventure in Monmouth”

Javier Reyes, teacher at Monmouth Central Intermediate School, working with a student

What was your driving question?

How can we create a resource for families in the area that shows them places to go and activities to do, especially for newcomers? This project came from the families within the school wanting a resource to share with new families, …

Fairview Kindergarten Students Study Birds in Winter

kindergarten students making bird feeders

What was your driving question?

How do birds survive in the winter?

Grades Involved
Kindergarten

What PBE principles were highlighted in this project?

Learner-Centered, Design Thinking, Inquiry-Based

Project Description

Students were learning about how animals survive in the winter in their Science classes. …