It’s back-to-school season in classrooms across the country. That means parents are busy hunting for pre-sharpened Ticonderogas and teachers are busy hunting for new ideas for this year’s students. We can’t help with the school supply list, but we do have 8 ideas for student projects to inspire you.
Get real with your students like Crosstown High leader Chris Terrill.
Unfortunately @ChrisTerrillEDU has a cholesterol problem. Fortunately for him, our bio students are on the job! This is just one of the great student projects created to help Mr. Terrill get things in check. Full video: https://t.co/KNu1Yjj7jQ #realworldlearning @XQAmerica pic.twitter.com/9CiDkZxqqx
— Crosstown High (@CrosstownHigh) February 7, 2019
Find a local business partner like the students at Da Vinci RISE High.
Exciting news ✨✨ our students partnered with @MeUndies at HQ today working with all their team members to design a sock in honor of #InternationalWomensDay. We can’t wait to show you what they came up with! #ladieswholaunch #GRLPWR #ReThinkHighSchool #studentvoice pic.twitter.com/bMkFDw6R3i
— RISE High (@DVRISEhigh) March 2, 2019
Tackle a local environmental issue like Furr High School’s students.
At @FurrHS, we design cross disciplinary units of study for teachers AND students that allow our students to fight for environmental justice on the East End of Houston. Yesterday, we were on a toxic tour of Houston, exposing the injustices in our own backyards. @XQAmerica 🌎 pic.twitter.com/XITVfoNH4N
— Steven (@StapletonEDU) March 9, 2019
Record a podcast with a changemaker in your community like Latitude 37.8.
Oaklore a show about Oakland changemakers just pushed out our second episode of the season. Check out the episode about Lakisha Young of Oakland REACH @378media @latitude378 https://t.co/wrSswB024w
— 378media (@378media) March 14, 2019
Create an empathy experiment like students at Iowa BIG.
#StudentStories An Empathy Experiment.
Two students at Iowa BIG New Bo have partnered with the non-profit ImaginGuatemala to create partitions and privacy within homes. The project taught the students communication skills, building + trades skills, and most importantly empathy. pic.twitter.com/QdiKMXeI7F
— Iowa BIG (@IowaBIG) February 26, 2019
Invite students to dive deeply into something that interests them like this student at PSI High.
With more than 100 hours invested in research and production, Niko's creative project about the many myths of Dionysus is absolutely amazing! https://t.co/5LDnzM2U8k via @YouTube
— PSI High (@PSIHighSchool) February 26, 2019
Launch something new like these student engineers at Purdue Polytechnic High School.
#PPHS students are building bottle rockets and a #rocket launcher. Our #Techies will use a clinometer to measure how high they fly. Our #engineering coach believes they'll get to 100 feet! #STEMeducation #handsonlearning #ReinventingHighSchool pic.twitter.com/y9Q9VqlV3l
— PurduePolytechnicHS (@PurduePolyHS) May 28, 2019
Get out into the world like the student scientist at New Harmony.
School is being immersed in the learning environment. #thisisschool pic.twitter.com/DYKyycq5ct
— New Harmony High (@NewHarmonyHigh) May 22, 2018
Do you have examples of engaging projects that you want to share? Tell us all about it on social media using #ReThinkHighSchool or reach out to us with your idea for a guest blog.
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