PBL Blog

How visits to local sites opens students' minds about controversial issues in projects on immigration, criminal justice, and energy policy.

A project with the driving question, "How can we identify problems and create practical solutions to support communities impacted by natural disasters?"

An English Language Arts project asks students to examine their own beliefs in light of the famous novel and express them in a community event.

Why and how physical education teachers should use PBL, with a sample PBL unit.

Students create guidelines for parents on teens' use of social media, using resources from Common Sense Media.

A project that went beyond expectations, in which children planned and carried out a kindness campaign to help others in their community and beyond.

Students create podcasts to answer the driving question, inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet: What is the difference between living and existing?

A project in which high school students studied a social justice issue of their choice and published their writing online.

A list of sample projects for exploring issues of immigration in the U.S., with links.