PBL Blog

A principal in a low-income community explains how his school meets students’ emotional needs using "Stoke Deck" activities from Stanford's d.school.

How teachers designed a 4th grade science project in response to students' interests that "left us with a sense of accomplishment and wonder."

A list of resources to help teachers enhance their skill in PBL assessment.

Meeting the Project Based Teaching Rubric criteria “clearly and specifically derived from standards” and “allows demonstration of mastery” requires careful thought and planning.

A 5th grade teacher shares important lessons learned from a project on the human body.

A secondary teacher provides 5 strategies for PBL units, such as leveled texts, graphic organizers, transition words, and text annotation, and more.

A teacher tells what she gained from the Project Slice & PBL Coaching workshops.

PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer gives guidance for troubleshooting pitfalls and deciding which type of DQ fits your project.

How to avoid common misconceptions of why and when students need to work in teams in a project, such as "divide and conquer."

An overview of 4 secondary science projects available free to teachers, aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards.