Learning in Depth

Today we began a 10 year journey.  Today each of the kids was assigned a topic of study that they will research and explore over their entire educational career. The project is called "Learning in Depth" and it's a project created by writer and educator Keiran Eagan.  The idea is to assign a child a topic of study as they enter their first year of primary education (1st grade) and they study that topic throughout their schooling. 
Mr. Eagan believes that our kids are educated to know a little about a lot of things but end up with no in-depth knowledge about any one thing.  He wants to see kids graduating from high school with expert knowledge on at least one topic. 
We're a little late getting started here as Kerby and Joelle are entering 3rd and 4th grade. However, the hope is that 9-10 years of study on one topic will give them a pretty firm foundation of knowledge on their respective topics.
You can see in the pictures that Joelle's topic is WATER and Kerby's topic is ENERGY.   Their assignment today was to list all the things that they already know about their topics. 
If you want to find out more about Keiran Eagan's Learning In Depth project, visit this website: http://www.ierg.net/LiD/