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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Using the Familiar to Spark Curiosity, Deeper Understanding, and Investment in Place
What was your driving question?
What is the diversity of animals in our schoolyard?
Grades Involved
2nd
What PBE principles were highlighted in this project?
Learner-Centered, Design Thinking, Local to Global, Community as Classroom, Inquiry-Based, …
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
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Paint It Out: Addressing the ACEs Through Art
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
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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Single-Use Plastics
Driving Question
How can our community impact the use of single use plastics?
Grades Involved
2nd-5th
What PBE Principles were highlighted in this project?
Community as Classroom, …
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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