Student Projects

Students are involved in special projects that correlate with the CIS academic quarterly themes and country connections. Listed below are examples of a few projects completed by each grade.

Kindergarten: Animal Hibernation; Writing letters to Germany, Earth day Project, Brother's Grimm fairy tale study and report

First Grade: Author Studies; Passport Project; Simple Machine Scavenger Hunt; Author Studies; Frog Egg Hunt; Indian Culture Study Second Grade: International Connections throughout four academic Quarters; literary bags; sound projects; houses and communities; biome projects

Third Grade: Chartered Growth Plant; Novel Project “Making Connections;” Neighborhood Maps; Family Tree

Fourth Grade: Electricity and Magnetism Investigations; Fraction Cards; Identifying Mystery Rocks and Minerals; Animal Adaptation Project

Fifth Grade: Thematic Maps; Topographical Model/Map; Natural Disaster Project; Polygon Art (cubism); Derivation of a Formula; Sum of the Interior Angles of a Polygon and Biomes; Big Factor Rectangles-1000 squares; Weather Journal/Observations; Pizza Fractions; Hershey Bar Fractions; Eco Systems and Biomes; International Statistics Project; What Is Changing the World?; Teacup Essay; Passport Books/Mexico Project

Sixth Grade: County of Origin Projects, present or past-written 5 Cent essays on Russia and European countries; Diary of Anne Frank; Sediment Bottles; Planet Model; Newspaper Bridge; Solar System Book; Solar Cooker and Sound Proof projects

Seventh Grade: Peace Conference presentations and Declarations of Child’s Rights; Selection of Novels from Seventh and Eighth Grade reading list with specific rubrics; creative communication; a celebration of writing; published poetry; Dilation Designs; Lego Models on specified topics

Eighth Grade: Research a family/group of elements (8th Grade); Dissections on heart, chicken wings, lungs and frogs

Junior High School: Edublogs; MAUS Comic Books, Romeo and Juliet Play; National History Day Competition; We the People Mock Trial; Model United Nations; Politic/History in Literature

Chinese: China Maps; Moving Panda; Dragon Dance: Chinese Character Chart; Chinese Village Life: Chinese Abacus: Moon Cake Festival: Zodiac Anmal; Master/Disciple Relationship; My Dream House Party; The World Maps: Olympics; Paper Towel Tennis; Zodiac Calendar; New Year Box Theater; Traditional Chinese House; Chinese Fashion Design; Classroom Department Store; Farmer’s Market

Spanish: Famous Hispanics and their Contributions to Society- Visiting a Spanish Speaking Country; Walking Museum in Conjunction with Art Curriculum; Sister/City Power points with CD’s presented to teachers for all grade levels; Life of a famous Hispanic integrating science, art and literature; Costa Rican Parade-International Assembly; The Discovery of American Play; My Autobiography –a presentation to parents

Music: Famous Jazz Artist Talk show; My Instrument Poster/Scrapbook; Guitar Shoe box