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.
PBL Blog
Before the PBL Classroom Empties: 4 Practices That Document Learning and Inform What's Next
The end of the school year is always full. There are showcases to prepare, final assessments to complete, and report cards to
Recent Blogs
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.
General PBL
A Project Runs Through It
Reflections from a rafting trip on how running a PBL unit is like a running a river.
How-to Tips and Tools
My Plans for PBL Leadership in 2019
A high school principal explains how he plans to lead his PBL school, with 6 questions to guide PBL implementation.
TEACHER STORY - 8TH GRADE SCIENCE
PBL Engaging the Disengaged
Teacher Lacrecia Terrance achieves outstanding results with an authentic, relevant project.