Unit Title	Author
2023
Climate Justice and Jurassic Park	Renae Curless
Keywords: climate change, climate justice, ELA, English, environmentalism, High School, Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, science fiction
2022
Latin Asians: Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration in Latin America	Alisha Davis
Keywords: Culture, ethnicity, High School, Identity, Latino, panethnicity, project based learning, race, social studies education
Makerspaces: Where Precision and Play Intersect	Katherine Steiner
Keywords: collaboration, creative, creativity, High School, lessons, makerspace, play, problem solving, robot, soft robots, visual arts
Who Tells Your Story? The Power of Debate and Discourse in the High School Classroom	Katherine Steiner
Keywords: Christopher Columbus, debate, High School, Monument, Mural, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rocky
2021
A Geographical Analysis of Sites of African American History in Philadelphia	Hannah Zieve
Keywords: African American History, anthropology, Geography, High School, project based learning, Research, social studies
Hand-Made Music: Creating the Instruments and Sounds of Africa	Katherine Steiner
Keywords: Africa, African music, Africana studies, Art, contemporary music, hands-on, High School, high school art, high school music, instrument, Music
Using Poetry to Confront Neighborhood Representation and Gentrification	Sally O’Brien
Keywords: class, gender, gentrification, High School, intersectionality, landscape literacy, media analysis, metaphor, place-based learning, poetry, race
Using Transfer as a Schema to Learn about Energy: A Modular Approach	Matthew N VanKouwenberg
Keywords: Constructivist, electricity, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Energy Transfer, Environmental Science, Eolic, Experiment, Generator, global warming, High School, Lab, Magnetism, Mechanical Energy, Middle School, Motor, PhotoVoltaics, Physical Science, physics, student-centered, Thermodynamics, wind energy
Gathering Clay: Community Poetry, Individual Grace, and the Limitations of Language	Greg Probst
Keywords: Art, artifacts, community, Creative Writing, Culture, English Language Arts, High School, Indigenous, individuality, louise erdrich, Native American, Navajo, neoindigenous, philly, poetry, Pueblo, society, south philadelphia, southwestern
2018
Origami Engineering and Product Design	Elizabeth Szablya
Keywords: Art, asian art and culture, construct, design, design thinking, engineering, fold, hands-on, High School, kirigami, modular origami, origami, PHiZZ, Physical Science, presentation, project based instruction, project-based, prototype, Science, Science activity, Scientific Method, snapology, spatial reasoning, STEAM, STEM, student lead, tessilation, Yoshizawa, Yoshizawa randlett
Agency Through Inquiry: A Quest for Social Justice	Ryann Rouse
Keywords: ecofeminism, ELA, English Language Arts, ethics, geomedicine, High School, philosophy, scientific justice, social justice, structural violence
2017
Put Yourself Out There: Identity, Genre, and Concert Production in Music Ensemble Performance	Walter Bechtold
Keywords: Arranging, Band, Culture, Genre, Grade 7-12, High School, Identity, Instrumental Music, Middle School, Music, Music Technology, Orchestra, Performance, Popular Music, social studies
2016
Sisters in the Shadows: Black Women During the Black Arts Movement	Kristian Ali
Keywords: black arts movement, black women, English, feminism, gender awareness, High School, language arts, movement, revolution, self-awareness, social justice
Are You Destined for Mathematical Greatness?	Catherine Michini
Keywords: Alumni Legacy, biographies, Biographies of Alumni in STEM Careers, biography, Gender Bias, High School, Interview Skills, interviewing, Interviewing an Honor Math Student, Journalism, Learning from Peers, Math, Science, Self-Reflection Questions, STEM Careers, Women in STEM Careers
The Haitian Revolution and Governor General Toussaint Louverture: A Biography	Keysiah M. Middleton
Keywords: High School, social studies
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: It Will Be Digital	Jada L. Warfield-Henry
Keywords: black arts movement, Digital Anthology, English, Harlem Renaissance, High School, hip-hop, Historical Context
A Cry from the Climate: The Glacier is Talking	Nichole Boyd
Keywords: climate change, Earth Science, Environmental Science, glaciers, global warming, High School
When Batteries Die, Do They Go to Heaven?	Bruce S. Karpe
Keywords: batteries, Chemistry, Electronic Waste, Environmental Science, High School, Physical Science, recycling, Science, sustainability, trash
Is Technology Destroying Earth?	Alena Newpher-Lockard
Keywords: chemical reactions, Chemistry, environment, High School, Science, Technology
Planetary Motion From the Ground Up	Klint Kanopka
Keywords: advanced placement, advanced placement physics, ap physics, argument, astronomy, Galileo, geocentric, geometry, gravity, heliocentric, High School, Inquiry, Kepler, Math, mathematics, Newton, observation, orbit, Physical Science, physics, Science, simulation, solar system