Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
How to Scaffold in Project Based Learning
Both student outcomes and scaffolding will look different in a PBL classroom.
PBL Blog
General PBL
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New! PBL Handbooks: Your Practical Guide to Project Based Learning
Announcing the arrival of two new books: Project Based Learning Handbook for Elementary School and Project Based Learning Handbook for Middle and High School.
Recent Blogs
How-to Tips and Tools
27 Tips for Managing the "Messy Middle" of a Project
Many teachers new to PBL are challenged by what to do during the "messy middle" of a project; here's some practical advice.
General PBL
New research on the power of PBL (and a new program for AP Teachers!)
Here is powerful evidence about the positive impact of PBL, and a new opportunity to put that into action.
How-to Tips and Tools
PBL Strategy Guides: Tips for Remote & Hybrid Learning
Here’s a look at the 6 PBL Strategy Guides that include tips for remote learning.
PBL and Equity
Black History Projects & Moving Beyond History Months
A call for using PBL to teach Black and other oppressed groups’ history all year long.
How-to Tips and Tools
Promoting a PBL Mindset: The "Dimmer Switch" Approach
Use the “dimmer switch” approach and use aspects of PBL in “regular” instruction - not “PBL on” or “PBL off.”
Projects in Action
PBL for Remote Learning: Our Journey to Mars Project
A successful 8th grade STEM/ELA unit, based on a PBLWorks project, with details on tech tools used.
General PBL
PBL Resolutions and Hopes for 2021
Wishes for the practice of PBL (and our world) this year, from teachers and school leaders, and PBLWorks staff.
How-to Tips and Tools
For PBL teachers and leaders: responding to the attack on the US Capitol
Ideas and resources to support educators as history unfolds in real time.