Projects in Action
Reconciling PBL with Standards: Our Industry Partner Project
How students solved a real-world problem: faulty ketchup bottle lids.
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Projects in Action
An Evening of Climate, Science & Theater: Our Grade 6-7 Project
Middle school students take action to raise community awareness of climate science.
Projects in Action
A Project Empowers Students to Improve Air Quality (& Reduce Greenhouse Gases)
A 6th grade teacher tells about a project that had a lasting impact on their community.
Projects in Action
Passion is Contagious: Our Sustainable Living Project
An 8th grade teacher tells the story of a project that grew out of teachers’ and students’ passions.
Projects in Action
Understanding Modern Tragedies with Romeo & Juliet
A high school teacher reflects on how she built “grit” in students with a project that connected Shakespeare with modern media.
Projects in Action
Teaching the “M” in STEM: A PBL Unit on Home Design
A 5th grade teacher creates a project to teach math by making it real to students.
Projects in Action
Culture, Community Come Together in PBL Down Under
The story of an early-elementary project about aboriginal culture and traditional agricultural practices at Banora Point Primary School, Australia.
Projects in Action
Scrapping It When It’s “Not Cool”: The Importance of Rethinking
An instructional coach and a teacher planned projects for 7th and 8th grade, then learned a lesson about what made one much more engaging for students.
Projects in Action
PBL Wins in the 2018-2019 School Year
Seven teachers from various grade levels, subject areas, and schools around the U.S. tell about successful projects their students completed, and reflect on the value of PBL.
Projects in Action
Professional Learning for Experienced PBL Teachers: A Shared Storytelling Project
A story of a project designed and conducted by six teachers at different schools in a district that showed how PBL can empower even our littlest humans.