General PBL
Top PBL Books & Resources 2018
PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer lists helpful resources and thought-provoking books for teachers and school leaders.
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 Teacher Blogging Aligns with PBL: 5 Tips for Getting Started
How blogging can be useful for teachers' professional growth, and helpful in supporting students' writing in projects.
General PBL
Burn Those Individual Student Desks, Now!
Round them up. Build a pile. Add gasoline, a match, and watch them burn.
General PBL
PBL in China? Yes! Maybe!
PBL Blog editor John Larmer travels to Shanghai and finds growing interest in PBL. Similar to the US, in China most of the PBL is happening so far in private schools while public school systems are slower to adopt innovations.
How-to Tips and Tools
A Day in a PBL Classroom: Demise of the “PBL Block”
PBL should be the learning your class is doing every day during regularly scheduled learning time.
Projects in Action
8th Grade Math Project: What does your shirt really cost?
A PBL unit that teaches students about linear equations, cost analysis, and social impacts.
PBL and Equity
Students Need Equitable Access to High Quality PBL
A high school teacher explains why PBL is important for disadvantaged students.
How-to Tips and Tools
Students Use Tuning Protocol for Critique & Revision in PBL
A 9th grade biology teacher explains how students use a formative assessment tool to improve their work in a project on diseases.
PBL and Equity
The Day the Project Stopped
What happened when high school students faced racism when doing research in the community, and how teachers can handle situations like this.