PBL Blog

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.

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.

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.

A teacher tells about a project that wasn’t planned in advance, but led to student-driven learning in economics, literacy, history, and let students of all strengths shine.

A 1st-2nd grade project on reducing local river pollution combines science, technology, reading, engineering, art, and math with design thinking, mindful making, and community action.

A high school math teacher explains how she designed and managed a project where students gather and present data to improve the school’s food service and reduce waste.

The story of how two elementary school teachers, from North Dakota and Michigan, connected on Twitter to design similar PBL units on erosion and connected their students, to build collaboration and communication skills.

An instructional coach in Southern California tells how her district planned a timely STEM project for its 4th graders—and had teachers try it first.

A teacher tells how a beginning French class project made her question self-imposed parameters for how to teach the course curriculum.