Project Ideas
Having completed my teacher residency in a project-based school setting, I have a few ideas on future project that I might like to try with my students. Check out some of these ideas below.
THREE SISTERS
Exploring Photosynthesis, Sustainability, and Indigenous Knowledge
Exploring Photosynthesis, Sustainability, and Indigenous Knowledge
Essential Questions
- How can leaning on indigenous expertise and knowledge inform our understanding of sustainability?
Anchor Texts
- Article 1: Yale Environment 360's Native Knowledge: What Ecologists Are Learning from Indigenous People
- Article 2: The Conversation's It’s taken thousands of years, but Western science is finally catching up to Traditional Knowledge
- Article 3: The Conversation's An uneasy alliance: Indigenous Traditional Knowledge enriches science
Possible Products
- In this project, students will grow the Three Sisters, winter squash, maize, and beans, 3 important indigenous, agricultural crops, in a community garden
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Critical Pedagogy
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Let's Get Physical!
Essential Questions
Academic Content
In the spring, 5th, 7th, and 9th grade students will complete the Physical Fitness Test (PFT). In preparation for this exam, students will take a deeper look into the six fitness areas that they will engage during the exam.
Critical Pedagogy
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