Project / Problem Based Learning
What Is Project Based Learning
Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to a complex question, problem, or challenge. Essential Elements of PBL include:

What Is Used To Manage Project Based Learning
Edmodo is becoming an indispensable tool in many classrooms engaged in project based learning, to help with project management and assessment. There are some great tools in Edmodo.

Project Sites
Use these resources for your project based learning and collaborative based teaching. While you are using PBL in the classroom, search here for data sources, biography and inventor topics, subject area topics for development like math, science, and weather, and projects on countries and continents. There are projects for elementary levels as well as project ideas for middle and high school. Also listed are problem based learning topics. Please explore them all! You will find great ideas for PBL learning.

Four Steps To Problem Solving
A Five-Step Problem-Solving Process

Project Based Curriculum By Google Index

Problem Based Learning Workshop
​Problem-based learning (PBL) is an exciting alternative to traditional classroom learning.
Use these resources for your project based learning and collaborative based teaching. While you are using PBL in the classroom, search here for data sources, biography and inventor topics, subject area topics for development like math, science, and weather, and projects on countries and continents. There are projects for elementary levels as well as project ideas for middle and high school. Also listed are problem based learning topics. Please explore them all! You will find great ideas for PBL learning.
Designing Project-Based Science:
 Connecting Learners through Guided Inquiry. Ways of Knowing in Science Series

6 Strategies for Differentiated Instruction in Project-Based Learning
What Is  Project Learning vs. Problem Solving Learning

Teaching and Learning Strategies
Problem-based Learning

Problem and Project Based Learning Activities 
Too often we give children answers to remember, rather than problems to solve.” Roger Lewin

Overview of Problem-based Learning: Definitions
and Distinctions

Twenty Tips for Managing Project-Based Learning


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How Does Project-Based Learning Work?

Problem-Based Learning Defined:Some Basic Active Learning Strategies

Engaging students in individual or small group activities–pairs or trios especially–is a low-risk strategy that ensures the participation of all. The sampling of basic activities below can be adapted to almost any discussion or lecture setting. Using these strategies, or variations on them, ensures that you'll hold your students' attention in class and throughout the semester

Elementary Math Problem-Solving
8 Videos
Problem-Based Learning Defined:
Project-Based Engineering for Kids Activities
This is a collection of project-based engineering lessons for kids. Project-based learning allows students to control the direction and pace of their learning. Activities that promote investigation, critical thinking, and hands-on subject matter are also central to project-based learning.

These project-based lessons focus on basic principles of physics, structural, and mechanical engineering
Browse the Project Ideas Index

Listed below are all of the different areas of science where we offer Project Ideas. Click on any area to see a full list of related Project Ideas.
List Of Science Projects

Strange Matter Projects

STEM Science Games and Lesson Plans

10 Team-Building Games That Promote Critical Thinking

Project Based Learning Space

STEM Activities for Middle School Students:

A collection Of Elementary STEM Activities 
Based On Children s' Liturature

Elementary Inquirey Projects

Kindergarten

PBL Ideas for Kindergarten

PBL in the Primary Classroom!

We develop new technologies that, in the spirit of the blocks and fingerpaint of kindergarten, expand the range of what people can design, create, and learn Click "HERE"

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For Elementary School
Introduction
Project Based Learning Lesson Plans
Search by grade and subject

Seeds, Plants and Animals 1st. Grade

Second Grade / Weather

Project Based Learning in CCUSD
Lesson Archive
All Drades

Second Grade PBL

 
PBL Gallery 
K-5

Project-Based Learning Packs
Grades 2-5


If you're looking for a specific topic then head straight to our topic section.

Choose from 30 science topics covering everything from plants to space.

Find science games, experiments, facts, projects, videos, quizzes, lessons and images related to the topic of your choice.

Animals
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Space
Weather

Project Based Learning Links

Connecting PBL and STEM… 40 Free Engaging Resources To Use In The Classroom

Creative Math Problem Solving Activities

Math Problem Solving Resources
Fabulous Fifth Grade STEM Resources, Interactives and Games and Videos and Videos

Project-based Learning for Preschool and Kindergarten

Reggio-inspired Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten

K-12 STEM ACTIVITIES

Explore Career Videos 
...What do you want to do when you grow up? What jobs would you like to do that would be fun and exciting? These games and videos will help you to explore the many career opportunities that exist for you.

Science Simulation By Grade Level

Project Search
 projects you will find here have been curated by BIE and were gathered from online project libraries. These projects are meant to inspire your own ideas or may be adapted to fit the needs of your classroom

Project Based Learning Teacher Resources

Five Keys Video Series
See Edutopia's core strategies in action with our Five Keys video series. Take a deeper look at each strategy as we share the nuts and bolts of program implementation, give voice to examples from schools around the country, and illuminate the research behind the practices

Biteslide
The school exercise book for the 21st century
Engage your students with inspirational school projects
Develop 21st century skills and improve student outcomes
Research, create, and present with easy-to-use tools
900 Project / Problem Solving Learning Activities
The SMILE program was designed to enhance the elementary and high school learning of Science and Mathematics through the use of the phenomenological approach. For a brief course description/syllabus, click here. For a brief history of the course, click here.
  Between 1986 and 1997 each summer session participant was asked to create and publish a single concept lesson plan. These lesson plans include the materials needed, a suggested strategy and expected outcomes. There are currently almost 900 of these lesson plans available (see subject indices below). In addition, starting in 1997 the participants in the academic year program have been asked to present a brief single concept lesson or idea. Summaries of the academic year lessons are at academic year notes. All of these lessons are available in the following formats:
Listings by subject are available by linking to any of the following:
SMILE PROGRAM 

STEM Immersion Guide
Welcome to the STEM Immersion Guide  

The STEM Immersion Guide is a comprehensive framework for Arizona schools and districts to integrate STEM education. The Guide:
Contains key design elements that support the development of project-based, interdisciplinary STEM instruction Provides practical tools and information to assist teachers, administrators, schools and districts that want to improve student outcomes by integrating STEM Was developed by the Arizona STEM Network in collaboration with the Maricopa County Education Association and was recently updated for an improved user experience
Project / Problem Base Learning Curriculum
Project / Problem Base Learning Activities

Problem Based Learning and Examples of Science Lesson Ideas
Problem Based Videos
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The Teacher’s Guide to Project-based Learning
Work that 
matters
The teacher’s guide to 
project-based 


What does PBL look like in the classroom?


The links that follows will provide you with the Project Based Learning Template currently being used with the Secondary PBL Project. This template is also used with the Teacher Leadership Institute participants.

Project Based Learning Template 

Rubrics
Observation Forms
Presentations
Implementation Plan
Rigor and Relevance
PBL Tools
Documents to Help You Get Started

Project Based Learning Ideas, Lesson Plans, Examples, Templates

Planning for your PBL Unit
Project-Based Learning activities offer a different approach to learning in scope and depth. PBL lessons are intended to build upon your previous knowledge and offer a unique opportunity to utilize it.  


Connecting PBL and STEM… 40 Free Engaging Resources To Use In The Classroom

Integrated STEM Education through  Project-Based Learning

Activating STEM Lessons With Project-Based Learning 
Project Based Learning For Government and Economics

Explorer Elementary Curriculum & Projects

Project-Based Learning
Project-based learning is a dynamic classroom approach in which students actively explore real-world problems and challenges and acquire a deeper knowledge. Instructional Videos

12 Timeless Project-Based Learning Resources

Integrating STEM and Project Based Learning
Free Project Based Learning Resources That Will Place Students At The Center Of Learning

StudentGuide.org is a collection of useful resources for students to assist their scholastic goals. We provide articles on hundreds of student related topics to help them improve their study habits, writing skills, organizational skills, and analytically skills.

List Of 21 Th. Century Skills

Free resources for teachers, educational ideas and tips, educational topics, Personal Learning Networks, Project Based Learning, Google, Evernote, Discovery Education and more.

Project Based Learning Video
What Does Project Based Learning look Like In The Classroom?
There are several models of how PBL works in the classroom. 
Excellent! Pages of models involving all techniques of PBL

Why Project Based Learning (PBL)?

PBL Web Resources

PBL-Online Video Library 
Excellent!

PBL Talk Videos
Project Based Learning’s time has come. The experience of thousands of teachers across all grade levels and subject areas, backed by research, confirms that PBL is an effective and enjoyable way to learn - and develop deeper learning competencies required for success in college, career, and civic life. Why are so many educators across the United States and around the world interested in this teaching method? The answer is a combination of timeless reasons and recent developments follow:

Welcome to PBL-Online, a one stop solution for Project Based Learning! You'll find all the resources you need to design and manage high quality projects for middle and high school students. You can:


Planning Forms For Project Based Learning

​1. Planning Forms
Essential Project Design Elements Checklist
For a quick evaluation of a project's design

2. Essential Project Design Elements Checklist

3. Project Design Rubric 

4. Driving Question Tubric 2.0

5. Project Calendar 

6. Project Assessment Map 

7. Project Design: Overview and Student Learning Guide

8. Sample Project: eNABLE 3D Printed Mechanical Hand


9. Sample Project: Healthy Lifestyle






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