Projects in Action
A Project to Promote Equality
High school digital art students examine issues of equality in their community in a PBL unit co-designed by Students Rebuild and PBLWorks.
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How-to Tips and Tools
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New PBL Strategy Guides Are Here!
We’re excited to share a set of brand-new Strategy Guides, resources designed to spark ideas and provide practical tools that make
Recent Blogs
How-to Tips and Tools
Protocols and Routines: Habits for a Student-Centered Classroom
An excerpt from the book Project Based Teaching, with several examples of strategies teachers can use to build a productive PBL culture in the classroom.
General PBL
More Bang for the Buck: Effective PBL Professional Development
An overview of how the workshops provided by PBLWorks meet the needs of teachers and school leaders.
How-to Tips and Tools
The Ultimate Team Work Management Tool: Kanban Boards
A detailed look at a tool for helping students manage themselves and their work in a project.
PBL and Equity
A Passion Project on Down’s Syndrome Has Lasting Effects
After one student's project generates interest and empathy among her peers, a 5th grade class takes action to make their school more inclusive for students with disabilities.
How-to Tips and Tools
Keeping Your Eye on the Learning Prize in PBL
Four tips to help ensure a focus on student learning during a PBL unit: unpack standards and success skills, specify learning targets, focus walkthroughs on learning.
General PBL
A Project Runs Through It
Reflections from a rafting trip on how running a PBL unit is like a running a river.
How-to Tips and Tools
My Plans for PBL Leadership in 2019
A high school principal explains how he plans to lead his PBL school, with 6 questions to guide PBL implementation.
TEACHER STORY - 8TH GRADE SCIENCE
PBL Engaging the Disengaged
Teacher Lacrecia Terrance achieves outstanding results with an authentic, relevant project.