Spring 2002
Volume 7 Number 3
Living Lessons:
How Projects Engage Kids and Deepen Understanding
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"Cooped up" with the chickens, Krystal Nicolai's learning soars as she and her seventh-grade classmates in Kwethluk, Alaska, use math, science, carpentry, and entrepreneurship to make a success of their chicken and
egg enterprise. |
Explore, Question, Ponder, and Imagine
By setting students loose on well-designed projects,
teachers allow them to construct their own knowledge and find their own
meaning.
Snapshots: Marimba Magic · Rediscovering Coyote and Raven · New Life for an Old War · Good Health, Good Heart
A Journey of Surprises
In the watery state of Idaho, students are doing
sophisticated projects involving scientific inquiry about local rivers and
other real-world concerns.
Snapshots: Winds of Change · What the Forest Gives
A River Runs Through It
A Washington high school on the Columbia River Estuary is
taking full advantage of the teaching opportunities that abound in an area
brimming with life and history.
Snapshots: Lessons in the Loop · A Talking Book
Starting at the End
An Alaska educator helps teachers to design meaningful
projects that keep clear learning targets always in sight.
Taking Learning Outdoors
Students from an alternative Portland high school got
some powerful first-hand lessons last summer when they studied a Klamath Basin
dispute over water rights.
Fin and Feather
In a remote Alaskan village, students on the verge of
dropping out have found a surprising new reason to come to school: the chicken
and the egg.
