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Showcase

Below is a repository for all projects completed by the TCLC team, including (nearly all) resources used, standards alignment, video/image showcases, and student reflections. We invite educators to utilize these resources to craft projects of their own.

Community Cookbook: Stories Through Food

7th Grade, Orchard View Middle School

Students flipping pizza dough.

How can we tell the stories of who we are through cooking and food? How do different family traditions contribute to our community?

Disc Golf Course Design

7th Grade, Orchard View Middle School

Students practicing playing disc golf toward a basket.

How does disc golf bring communities together? (And how can we build a disc golf course of our own?)

Student-Led Open House

6th Grade, Reeths-Puffer Intermediate

Students assembling crafts around a table.

How can we work together to create an Open House that introduces our classroom and welcomes our families into our learning community?

Global Traditions Tree: Celebrating Cultures Around the World

6th Grade, Reeths-Puffer Intermediate

A student made ornament for Finland.

How can we design a tree that authentically and respectfully represents cultures around the world?

A Wish in the Dark: Accessibility in Our Community

6th Grade, Reeths-Puffer Intermediate

Students showcasing their project at an accessibility fair.

How can we make systems in Muskegon accessible for everyone so no one is left out?

Party Planning: Designing with Empathy

6th Grade, Orchard View Middle School

Students preparing for a party with streamers, etc.

How can we design a party for one of our peers?

Placemakers: Mapping Culture and Identity

6th Grade, Orchard View Middle School

Students looking at an interactive specimen identification board for bugs.

What are ways different cultures show their identity?

Sustainability & Energy, Evolved

6th Grade, Orchard View Middle School

Students looking at windmills in the distance.

How do we create sustainable merchandise that represents our school's values while understanding the energy systems that power production?

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My IEP, My Future

Orchard View Middle School

A student holding their hand up to a presentation.

How can I use my IEP to advocate for myself and shape the education services I receive?

Renewable Energy Project: Wind, Water, Solar

6th Grade, Orchard View Middle School

Two students with paper model wind-powered cars.

What sustainable energy sources could realistically power Muskegon, and what would it take to make that happen?

Improving the Muskegon Luge

6th Grade, Orchard View Middle School

A student being pushed down the Muskegon Luge.

How can we redesign the Winter Sports Complex experience to bring people together across all four seasons?

Sustainable Merchandising

6th Grade, Orchard View Middle School

Students operating a screen printer.

How do we create sustainable merchandise that represents our school's values?

Mini-Societies

6th Grade, Orchard View Middle School

A group of students in an open market simulation.

How do the roles we play in an economy—as business owners, taxpayers, officials, and landlords—shape the success of a community?

Designing Our Space

6th Grade, Orchard View Middle School

A group of students presenting to a large group about their space proposal.

How can we design spaces at our school that help our community thrive, inspired by what makes our local environment special?

The Third Coast Learning Collaborative is a collective project of Orchard View Schools, Reeths-Puffer Schools, Human Restoration Project & Open Way Learning. This work is independently evaluated by RAND.

All resources and information are registered under a Creative Commons attribution, non-commercial, share-alike international license unless otherwise noted.

‍The contents of this website are developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government. This grant is 100% directly funded through federal funding totaling $3,995,537 beyond in-kind matching funds. All involved parties will contribute in-kind time to make the project a success at an in-kind rate of $429,173.