On-Line and Ready When You Are
These Web pages provide specific examples of connecting learning and demonstrating student
knowledge through products and performances.
The Jurassic Park Interdisciplinary Activities Page
http://www.fred.net/nhhs/html/jurassic.htm
Activities bring together subject areas in conjunction with viewing Steven Spielberg's
film Jurassic Park. The site encourages educators to adapt the activities and post
students' work
to the Web. Student products might include poetry, essays, and artwork related to the topic.
Studying Whales in Middle Schools: An Interdisciplinary Unit
http://www.ssec.org/idis/cohasset/TblCnt.htm
Cohasset Middle School in Cohasset, Massachusetts, maintains one of the most comprehensive
and fully stocked Web site on the study of whales, including a lesson plans index, projects,
resources, thematic-unit organizers, and more.
The Beast Within: An Interdisciplinary Unit
http://www.fred.net/nhhs/html/beast.htm
A study of human rights abuses in Nazi Germany, Iraq, Cuba, and China draws upon
20th-century literature and history. The "Holocaust Questions and Activities for Thought and
Discussion" can be used in conjunction with a visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum in Washington, D.C.
Welcome to the Renaissance Faire
http://www.wre.liverpool.k12.ny.us/WRE/Featured_Projects/
Renaissance%20Faire/default.html
Sixth graders at the Wetzel Road Elementary School in Liverpool, New York, hold a
Renaissance Faire as a culmination of their study of the Middle Ages. The event features art,
music, literature, social studies, technology, language arts, and library studies.
Invention Convention
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/Project1/Inventors.html
Seventh graders at the Santiago Middle School in California participate in an "invention
convention," integrating science, language arts, and social studies. The activities are outlined by
week and note associated thinking skills and other state frameworks.
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