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JCDS Learning Adventures

JCDS Learning Adventures are deeply immersive week-long interdisciplinary units developed around real-world challenges. While students in each grade have amazingly diverse experiences, all Learning Adventures are connected by a common pedagogical vision: students collaborating to develop and share solutions to tangible real-world problems.

By: Jared Matas, Tehila Cherubino, Sarah Kanigsberg, Alla Shimron, Nikki Cohen, Michal Baruch, Chavah Goldman, Meg Lederman, Avi Minder, Maayan Lipiner, Emily Perlman, Avi Bukiet, Andrea Silton, Ben Einsidier, Vered Singer, Oren Kaunfer, Carissa McKinney, Ziva Hassenfeld, Rabbi Lior Nevo, Josh Mocle, Joanne Baker, Dorit Zimri from JCDS, Boston's Jewish Community Day School

Grade(s): K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Elementary school, Middle school

Subject(s) of entry: Art, Computer Science, Engineering, Mishnah, Music, Science, Social and Emotional Learning, Technology, Tefila

Pedagogy: Constructivist, Design-Thinking Model, PBL - project based learning, 21st Century Skills

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