Winter Adaptations and Natural Selection: A Winter Perfect Beeya-nahmp

What was your driving question?

In what ways does the environment affect the traits of an organism?

Grades Involved
8th

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

Fort Washakie School is located in the Wind River Reservation and the story Beeya-nahpm has been passed down through generations of the Shoshone creating a strong cultural connection to this project.

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,

Bird is the Word

What was your driving question?

How can we provide a habitat for the native Alabama birds that may be displaced by human impact?

Grades Involved
8th

What PBE principles were highlighted in this project?

Learner-Centered, Design Thinking, …

A Place-Inspired Soundscape

What was your driving question?

How can music represent nature?

Grades Involved
9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th

What PBE principles were highlighted in this project?

Learner-Centered, Community as Classroom

Project Description

Students in a music composition class were asked to create a piece of music that represents the beauty of where we live in the upper valley of Vermont. …

Designing and Creating a Customized Mountain Bike Trailer

What was your driving question?

How can we design and customize an enclosed trailer to store and transport our school mountain bikes?

Grades Involved
12th

What PBE principles were highlighted in this project?

Learner-Centered, Design Thinking, …

Genetics and Traits

What was your driving question?

Can we predict what traits the offspring will have if we know the parent’s information for chickens?

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Grades Involved
3rd, 4th, 7th, & 8th

What PBE principles were highlighted in this project?

Community Research Project: Ice Melt Alternatives

What was your driving question?

How might the STEM/PBL class research and develop an economical and environmental alternative to using Magnesium Chloride as a road treatment in Adams County in order to reduce its impacts on our vehicles and local ecosystem? …

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, …