An Evaluation of the Koshkonong Solar Project

What was your driving question?

How will the proposed Koshkonong Solar Project impact the local community?

Grades Involved
10th

What PBE principles were highlighted in this project?

Learner-Centered, Local to Global, Community as Classroom

Project Description

Our state’s largest renewable energy plant is proposed to be built on over 2,400 acres surrounding our small village of 1,332 people. …

Creating a Hollywood-Style Movie Trailer

What was your driving question?

How might students use technology, their bodies and the physical world around them (including the local community) to create a Hollywood-style trailer for a fictitious new movie?

Grades Involved
6-8
How did this project connect to your local or regional community? …

It’s All In The Details

What was your driving question?

How might we learn to detail a vehicle in preparation for winter and learn how to maintain it.

Grades Involved
9-12; Graduate
How did this project connect to your local or regional community? …

Theater Boxes

What was your driving question?

How might we construct structurally sound and visually appealing boxes for the theater program?

Grades Involved
5th through 8th

How did this project connect to your local or regional community?
It connects to our school community as we needed the boxes for theater class. …

Ubiquitous Bacteria

What was your driving question?

Which locations in our school have the most bacteria? What is the best method for disinfecting/sanitizing surfaces? …

Grades Involved
9th through 12th
How did this project connect to your local or regional community?

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? …

Mrs. Cunningham’s Kinder Kids’ Passion Projects

What was your driving question?

What passion do you have that you can teach your peers?

Grades Involved
Kindergarten

How did this project connect to your local or regional community?
Students worked with family members and community members to create their passion project presentations. …

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 …

How did this project connect to your local or regional community?

Summer Newport Experience

What was your driving question?  …

How can we help kids be kids again, get them outside, and build relationships?

Grades Involved
6th through 8th

How did this project connect to your local or regional community?