Tag: elementary

In this article, two educators from Avenues The World School in São Paulo share how a community-themed project gave their students genuine agency—with results that range from hosting science fairs to cooking breakfast for the school kitchen team.

Last spring I was standing in my fifth-grade classroom, mid-project, rearranging student groups when I realized we had a problem. My students were building scale models of dog houses and cat condos that they had designed—and would ultimately build—to donate to a pet-adoption event later that spring.

Exploring An Elementary Engineering Classroom

After spending almost two weeks building a house from the ground up, I learned how to...

For students, engaging in one topic through multiple disciplines facilitates the kind of...

I don’t recall how long our class spent working on the art pieces or what we did before...

Jill, the principal, was standing by the front desk at Explorer Elementary. She was petite...