When You Find a Mouse in Livingston

What was your driving question?

How can we safely trap and relocate a mouse?

Grades Involved
Grades Kindergarten  …

How did this project connect to your local or regional community?
Students learned from local community members about rodents as well as pest control/animal trapping.

Bees!

What was your driving question?

Why do bees sting us and what do they do?

Grades Involved
Grades K & 1

How did this project connect to your local or regional community?
Students experienced many bees and wasp encounters at the beginning of the year. …

Farm Day at the White River Elementary School

What was your driving question?

How can we teach students what we’ve been learning?

Grades Involved
Grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5

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

13 Summits

What was your driving question?

How can we get students in each grade level to summit a mountain each year, while leaving a legacy for others?

Grades Involved
K through 12


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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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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. …

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. …

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. …

Community Impact Project: Local Forest Studies


Driving Question

How might we create for visitors to teacher them about plants, animals, and other topics that relate to our local natural area, specifically Palisades Creek Trailhead

Grades Involved

K-2nd

What PBE Principles were highlighted in this project? …

Wild Animal Project


Driving Question

What adaptations do local wild animals have that help them to survive tough conditions in our environment?

Grades Involved

K through 1st

 

What PBE Principles were highlighted in this project? …