Discover Projects

Students research and compare how their community celebrates autumn holidays with how the partner class celebrates Korean Chuseok, analyzing similarities and differences in family customs, foods, and meanings. They document their findings through photos and descriptions in their gift boxes, then discuss what they discover during the first Zoom exchange.

Students interview local businesses or entrepreneurs engaged in international trade, understand their specific challenges, and collaboratively design a tailored trade finance strategy using appropriate instruments. They present their solutions to partner classrooms for feedback, refining their recommendations based on global perspectives and creating a practical guide that could help similar businesses in different countries.

Students research the 25+ year decomposition timeline and investigate their government's current plastic production monitoring and regulations, comparing policies across their partner countries. They analyze why reusable shopping bags and alternative materials are or aren't being adopted, then present evidence-based findings on what barriers and incentives exist in each region.

Working with their international partner class, students design an original exercise or movement challenge that blends fitness principles from both cultures while explaining the biomechanics and energy systems that make it work. They create a detailed guide with diagrams and instructions, test it with another class during a live video exchange, and refine it based on real feedback to produce a fitness tool that bridges their two communities.

Students analyze the social challenges and legal gaps facing gender non-conforming individuals in multiple countries through research and interviews with their partner class, evaluating how culture, laws, and community attitudes shape their experiences. They examine real-world case studies to identify patterns and discuss what inclusive global citizenship means in practice.

Students record themselves pronouncing individual English phonemes and common words, then exchange audio clips with partner classes to compare how their accents differ and identify which sounds are most challenging. They listen to native speakers' examples and discuss patterns they notice in their own pronunciation.

Students investigate the two types of knitting, weft and warp, by examining fabric samples and knitting simple examples to understand how loops form horizontally and vertically. They interview family members or community members about traditional knitting practices in their local area, then exchange these stories and photos with an international partner class through a live video call to compare local knitting traditions.

Students reflect on their own emotional state today, noting whether they feel happy or unhappy and identifying 2-3 reasons why. They then share their responses with a partner class in another country, comparing what factors influence teen happiness in different cultures and communities.

Students research their chosen country more deeply, comparing its customs, food, celebrations, and daily life with their own culture and with their partner class's countries. They analyze what makes each country unique and identify surprising similarities, then prepare to discuss their findings during a live video exchange with the partner class.

Working with partner classes, students develop practical, low-tech components for an awareness and education system that could serve out-of-school children in Pakistan, drawing on the Universal Education System framework. They prototype materials, design offline learning activities, and create a collaborative proposal with actionable steps that demonstrates how global collaboration can address educational poverty, presenting their solution to educators and community stakeholders.

Students work in international teams to design and prototype a renewable energy system enhanced by AI or robotics that addresses a real sustainability challenge in their community or partner region. They build a working model, test it, gather feedback from their partner class, and refine their solution based on what they learn.

Students keep a simple daily log of what their household throws away over one week, sorting items into categories like food, plastic, paper, and other materials. They share their findings with a partner class via video call, comparing what types of waste are most common in each community and discussing why those differences might exist.