Tenth - grade world history students interview Chinese immigrants and record their stories; ninth - grade physical science students
design and strength - test mock
airplane wings; junior English students research, write, and illustrate children's nonfiction picture books; algebra students of all grades investigate a public - transit problem and
propose solutions to city officials; sophomore geometry students build scale models of museums they've
designed; students across the grades in an environmental - stewardship class raise public awareness of a polluted river — all are examples of academically challenging projects that also manage to engage the minds, hands, and hearts of most high school students across a wide range of abilities and interests.