How-to Tips and Tools
Effective PD for Project Based Learning
Leaders of a PBL a school offer 6 tips from their experience and call for investing in targeted, sustained professional development.
PBL Blog
Real-World or Role-Play: The Career Academy Test for PBL
I started my education journey at a career academy as a social studies teacher, and I came in with a pretty predictable plan
Recent Blogs
Projects in Action
Fun Pass for Veggies: A PBL Unit on Forces
A project in which 3rd graders design arcade games to learn physical science content—and make a difference in their community.
TEACHER STORY - 2ND GRADE
Teaching for a 40-Year Impact with PBL
A first-year teacher overcomes trepidation with PBL and achieves an exceptional student exhibition.
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.
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.