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Genius Hour
During the weekly genius hour, students pursue a topic of interest, exploring and researching the topic to ultimately create a project.
Cisco Spiral Math with Deeper Thinking Questions Sample: Week 12
A math teacher at Cisco Junior High creates spiral math activities using open questions to push for deeper thinking.
By Design Project Guide
This is a sample project guide for a seven-week interdisciplinary project in ELA, science, social studies, and health. The guide outlines the big question and content area driving questions and explains for students and parents how progress towards...
By Design Unit Plan
This unit plan includes what students are learning in each class throughout the course of the project. It also includes standards covered for each content area and examples of evidence of learning developed by students.
By Design Vision
This website shows the vision of the By Design program and its key outcomes and components.
Interdisciplinary Learning Through Teacher Teams
Teachers work together to create interdisciplinary, project-based experiences that span seven weeks and are organized around a common “big” inquiry question, with content-area driving questions and specific “concept” activities that are aligned to...
Learning in the Park
A Hopkins Public Schools newsletter from October 2020, which highlights their outdoor immersion program for a second-grade class.
Get Outside and Learn: Hopkins Offers Outdoor Immersion Program
An article from Sun Post, which highlights Hopkins Public Schools’ outdoor immersion program.
Hybrid Learning With a Focus on In-Person Time for Labs, Hands-On Activities, and Collaboration
For students who are involved in remote learning, Hopkins Public Schools provided authentic, in-person learning experiences for hands-on activities and collaboration.
Mastery Videos
Mastery is assessed in three ways, one of which is a demonstration recorded on an iPad.
Sight Word Ninja
Sight Word Ninja is an iPad application that helps students learn sight words.