Projects in Action
Fostering Serendipity in PBL
How a powerful, engaging border-land project on immigration led to connections with real-world organizations and issues.
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Gold Standard PBL: Design Elements
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Hosting a PBL Showcase: One School's Story
Calaveras Hills High School's second annual PBL Showcase offers a practical model for schools looking to exhibit Project Based Learning. PBLWorks National Faculty member Honor Moorman shares how CHHS teachers set common expectations, used Project Walls to tell the full story of each project, and designed interactive experiences—from a product prototype expo to a classroom-wide college and career fair—for students, families, and community visitors. The post includes a full audience engagement chart, planning resources, and student reflections on how PBL builds persistence, collaboration, and a love of learning, offering ideas any school can adapt for their own showcase.
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Projects in Action
What Mars Can Tell Us about Earth
How teachers designed a 4th grade science project in response to students' interests that "left us with a sense of accomplishment and wonder."
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Inside Out: A Science Unit that Taught Me the In’s & Out’s of PBL
A 5th grade teacher shares important lessons learned from a project on the human body.
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Open Your Classroom Door to CA State Parks: PBL & PORTS Program
An overview of 4 secondary science projects available free to teachers, aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards.
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Welcome to (PBL) Teaching, Ms. Longshore!
A 2nd grade teacher tells the story of her first PBL unit, in which students created their own business plans.
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3rd Grade Project: Real-Life Lessons in Fables & Fairy Tales
An interdisciplinary unit involving the general classroom, design thinking, P.E., music, art, and addressing problems in their community.
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Secondary Special Education Project: Student-Led IEPs
An inclusion specialist at a PBL high school describes a powerful, authentic project with elements of Gold Standard PBL.
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Our Students Planned Our Spring Break Trip
Two 4th grade teachers engage their class in an interdisciplinary project to learn state history, geography, math, and literacy.
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An ELA Project Fosters Empathy & Meets Common Core State Standards
The story “Flowers for Algernon” inspires students to create inventions for people with disabilities.