Bees!

What was your driving question?

Why do bees sting us and what do they do?

Grades Involved
Grades K & 1

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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

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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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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

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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

 

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The Great Phoenixes Baking Project


Driving Question

How can we, as artists and mad scientists, take our knowledge of baking and make a show?

Grades Involved

Elementary

 

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Snakes


Driving Question

Do snakes deserve to be feared by humans?

Grades Involved

2nd and 3rd

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Life in the Desert

Driving Question

How can life exist in the desert without much water?

Grades Involved

Kindergarten and 1st

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