Looking together at student work?

Might this book be useful too

This seems common practice.

Portfolios
Exhibition
Teachers from different subjects helping task design in other subjects. Eg English teacher helped Science teacher develop student lab reports. (Scientific writing)

High tech high have some ideas on staff review of projects.

We used a simple protocol to do this in preparation for the upcoming Project Fortnight.

http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Together-Student-Second-School/dp/0807748358

A wonderful Lobster Coincidence.

Yesterday morning the Headline in the local Portland newspaper amused me. It is not often that a front page about Lobsters, but this also told me that Lobsters really matter around here.

For lunch we wandered past a Gilbert's Chowder House, a diner at the old port. Sitting down the first thing we noticed was a wooden flip book about the lobsters. It is written by elementary third graders at Presumpscot School. We instantly recognised this a expeditionary learning school.

It is basically a science project with questions and answers about the lobsters life history and biology. Although each answer is short it is written beautifully, in technical language and academically ie in genre ( eg third person)

What stood out was the choice of topic- a science project ran through a cultural element of the town. The project is purposefully placed in the students home town in their identity. Lobsters really do matter around here.