How-to Tips and Tools
How to Make the Most Out of Experts When You Involve Them in Projects
Four tips for PBL teachers for how to communicate with, support, and involve guest experts in projects.
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
Projects in Action
Scrapping It When It’s “Not Cool”: The Importance of Rethinking
An instructional coach and a teacher planned projects for 7th and 8th grade, then learned a lesson about what made one much more engaging for students.
How-to Tips and Tools
Start the Year with a Project, or Build Skills First?
What to consider before launching the first project in the school year, and how to build students’ skills to prepare them for PBL.
How-to Tips and Tools
From Podcasts to PSA’s: Designing Projects with Recorded Products
A PBL teacher suggests what to consider in each of the four phases of a project, and how to scaffold the process for students.
How-to Tips and Tools
I Am Such a Rejuvenated Teacher Now, Thanks to PBL!
A veteran teacher reflects on why PBL works, especially for unmotivated students, and how she successfully implemented PBL in her first year trying it.
General PBL
Our New eBook! "Your Project Based Learning Journey: A Guide for Teachers"
A new resource to support teachers as they travel from PBL beginner to expert.
How-to Tips and Tools
3 Tips for Exploring Controversial Issues in PBL
Why simple “debate” can be problematic; how to structure equitable dialogue; the importance of being courageous.
How-to Tips and Tools
6 Steps to Practicing Design Thinking in PBL
How a Lego-building activity gives students practice in what it means to think and work in a PBL context.
General PBL
The Latest PBL News & Views: July 12, 2019
PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer recommends recent articles, blog posts, research studies, and other resources related to Project Based Learning.