Student Projects
Who Am I? is a 9th-grade humanities class in GCE Lab School’s Global Context series. This specific project was created for students to imagine what a better world might be…
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Students in the Music That Matters course investigated music as a language and how it’s attachment to people, history, and politics can teach, inspire, and ignite us. Throughout the course,…
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In Global Peace, students investigate Gandhi’s four principles of nonviolent movement building and their place in our society today. Through conflict mapping, historical analysis, film critiquing, and evaluating nonviolent protest…
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The stories that shape our lives and understanding of the world manifest themselves in a variety of forms. For the Civic Term of the 2020-21 school year, the A Show…
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The conclusion of the Fall Term serves as a reminder of why teaching academics through relevant, real-world experiences is an important step forward into an uncertain future. With the freshness…
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GCE students can’t help but impress during Final Presentations. Students are challenged to share and demonstrate their learning from the term at each Final Presentation. With just a couple of…
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For the first Forbidden Books Project, GCE Sophomores investigated the following guiding question: How can I become a gadfly? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with: Socrates believed that the…
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For the first unit in Who Am I?, students investigated the guiding question: What is my truth? What do I believe? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with: This I…
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For the first Biomimicry Action Project, GCE students investigated the following guiding question: How would a fungus…? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with: You are a product designer for…
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For the final Action Project in Game Changers, GCE students investigated the following guiding question: What game will you create? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with: You are…
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For the Ollywood Elective Course, GCE students investigated the following guiding question: How can we critique the elements of film pre-production? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with: You have…
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For the first Biomimicry Action Project, GCE students investigated the following guiding question: How would a plant…? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with: You are working for a biomimicry…
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For the first Action Project in Economics, GCE Seniors investigated the following guiding question: How do you determine the value of your college education? Here’s the scenario students were challenged…
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For the first Action Project in Design & Engineering, GCE Juniors investigated the following guiding question: How do we make better tools? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with: Garden…
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For the first Action Project in Stories, GCE Sophomores investigated the following guiding question: How do you visualize stories of creation? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with: In collaboration…
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For the Journalism Course, GCE Seniors investigated the guiding question: What’s the story of a voice, in 3-5 minutes? Students were faced with the scenario: WBEZ started an online Museum…
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For the Journalism Course, GCE Seniors investigated the guiding question: How do you write on the spot, with 500-700 words? Students were faced with the scenario: The GCE Herald, the…
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For the Stage Chemistry Elective Course, GCE students investigated the following guiding question: What would my theater look like? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with: The Goodman Theater partners…
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For the Light, Sound, & Time class, GCE Juniors investigated the following guiding question: Who says you need to buy a guitar? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with: The…
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For the Systems & Models Course, GCE Seniors investigated the following guiding question: How do you picture yourself? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with: The purpose of this Action…
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