Integrated Studies

Encouraging students to bring their creativity and imagination to challenging content makes it more accessible—and helps them learn it more deeply.

Secondary students can consider the ecological context in which a text was written to gain new insights into their reading assignments.

An English teacher co-teaching trigonometry asked students to explain an equation to a child and to turn discrete problems into a story.

New research reveals that when science, reading, and math come together in rigorous hands-on projects, student collaboration, engagement, and achievement can soar.

A Title I school in the Bronx is dramatically improving student outcomes—one book at a time.

Giving students a design challenge—and a compelling reason to delve into complex engineering—makes them more engaged, motivated, and committed to deepening their own understanding.

Dedicating a day each week to integrating science into every subject helped an elementary school boost attendance, learning, and fun.

One school used a PBL unit that combined science, math, and cooking dumplings to explore the many cultures that make up their community.

By asking students to explore the history of scientific discoveries, we get them to view their world with more wonder—and more skepticism—and condition their minds to think about causes and effects.

With school days so packed, these strategies help teachers integrate social studies concepts and skills across the curriculum.

People, places, and problems offer rich opportunities for real-world learning. This unit design framework ensures engaging, aligned learning objectives, experiences, and assessments.

Educators take on the role of guides and motivate students to direct their own learning.

Fostering connections between subjects encourages students to think deeply about big problems and questions at the core of their work.

Adding some movement to lessons not only engages and motivates students—research says it helps them recall and retain information. And it’s fun!

Successfully integrating project-based learning across multiple classes requires careful coordination of learning outcomes and the teaching workload.