Projects in Action
Understanding Modern Tragedies with Romeo & Juliet
A high school teacher reflects on how she built “grit” in students with a project that connected Shakespeare with modern media.
PBL Blog
How Project Based Learning Helped My Multilingual Students Find Their Voice
What happens when we invite students to share the most personal parts of their lives through schoolwork? Can learning that centers
Recent Blogs
General PBL
The Latest PBL News & Views: September 13, 2019
PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer recommends recent articles, blog posts, research studies, and other resources related to Project Based Learning.
How-to Tips and Tools
PBL + Comprehensible Input = Engaging, Brain-Based World Language Classrooms
A teacher tells how she taught Spanish effectively by using authentic projects—and rethinking her textbook.
How-to Tips and Tools
How Project Based Learning Works in an A.P. Curriculum
A high school teacher of A.P. Environmental Science redesigns his course to include PBL. Includes a sample project, with student work.
General PBL
Three Things Educators Can Learn from the Craft Beverage Phenomenon
Why schools should keep it simple, offer a better quality learning menu, and create special experiences for students.
How-to Tips and Tools
Beyond Icebreakers: Reflective Questions to Help You Build a PBL Culture
A PBLWorks National Faculty member tells how she built a classroom culture for PBL, from the start of the year and beyond.
Projects in Action
Teaching the “M” in STEM: A PBL Unit on Home Design
A 5th grade teacher creates a project to teach math by making it real to students.
Projects in Action
Culture, Community Come Together in PBL Down Under
The story of an early-elementary project about aboriginal culture and traditional agricultural practices at Banora Point Primary School, Australia.
General PBL
A Push for PBL Down Under
At the “iOnTheFuture” conference in Australia, PBLWorks’ John Larmer and Suzie Boss delivered a keynote with a reassuring message about researcher John Hattie’s findings on PBL.