PARENT STORY - ELEMENTARY
"Investigation Sisters" enthusiasm for PBL spills over to life at home
Parent shares how her kids are applying what they are learning at school while at home
PBL Blog
From Skills to Purpose: How Project Based Learning Brings Literacy to Life
“Literacy development has always been connected to identity, skills, intellect, criticality, and joy. When we reduce it to only
Recent Blogs
How-to Tips and Tools
How Long Should My PBL Unit Be?
A teacher and National Faculty member explains what to consider when planning and calendaring a PBL unit, offering tools and tips based on his own experience.
How-to Tips and Tools
Critique and Revision Isn’t Just for Students
A teacher reflects on a lesson learned from student feedback on a project, and offers 7 tips for how to effectively honor student voice by inviting student critique of projects and their implementation by the teacher.
How-to Tips and Tools
The Elephant in the Room: Grading in Project Based Learning
Editor in Chief John Larmer, with contributions from the PBLWorks National Faculty, offers tips for teachers to answer FAQs about grading issues in PBL.
Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
Teachers Observe Each Other in “March Madness” Competition
Teacher and PBLWorks National Faculty member Erin Brandvold explains the benefits of “de-privatizing” practice, for professional learning and promoting a PBL culture.
Projects in Action
Chef Joe: The Most Authentic Audience for a Statistics Project
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.
How-to Tips and Tools
PBL in the Math Classroom: A New Book, Plus More Resources
Two math teachers in the PBLWorks National Faculty have a new book with practical guidance and several detailed examples of PBL units for secondary math. Also: PBLWorks' general advice for PBL in math, and more resources for math teachers.
How-to Tips and Tools
Antidote to Learned Helplessness: Productive Struggle in PBL
How teachers can help at-first-unwilling students rise to the challenges of a project, by modeling their own learning process to providing scaffolds to building a supportive culture.
How-to Tips and Tools
How School Counselors Can Facilitate Students’ Collaborative Skills for PBL
A school counselor contributes to her school’s PBL implementation effort by starting a “Leadership Lunch” group, with students who need SEL support for working in teams in projects.