I believe it is an excellent idea to set up PBL on a science class. It must be organized, prepared, and carry through.

I see the merits of such PBL. I believe the students can learn a great deal because they are engaging themselves in real world discoveries, research, writeup and expect results.

How to adapt PBL in all classes is a big challenge. Not all schools are equipped to handle the demand of technology. Not all students can cooperate. Not all teachers can coordinate.

I still think this can be applied even in a small scale. Some teachers may want to implement PBL and may not. Even in the same class, some students may not want to get involved. What can teachers do?

I think PBL is worth a try at least to some classes and to some students. I will look into such opportunities in my science classes.

That was a cool situation where the kids were in a classroom and the scientist/expert in another building communicating with each other in real-time conversation. The modernities of technology are to be credited for this. And PBL creates such a situation.

PBL is an excellent idea to implement in the classroom. How to do it in a Math classroom like mine poses challenges though.This surely requires lots of planning, budgeting and research.

Project based learning (PBL) is a great way to get students involved. It seems that when the students do hands on experiments, they look to be more interested and eager to learn. With the help today's technology has to offer, I anticipate that this strategy will teach children in ways that have never before been explored.

I can definately see this type of learning in any classroom setting.

This could easily be implimented into math classes with a little time and planning.

I think this is a great way to motivate students into learning. Students who do things along with reading about things have a better understanding of things.

i liked the way the experts answered the childerns questions with a question.
it did not only give information but it it provoked further thought.

i am a big fan of PBL learning i was introduced to it in my freashman year of collage.
i like the way it teaches one not only to answer a question but to reasearch the matrial and backrounds of certain problems

I appreciated how this video demonstrated how a student who had little interest or understanding was guilded along and learned. The technique of working in a group of peers with professional guildance really motivates learning. The use of the Rubrix with students was great to witness. Their particapation in the planning stages can only enhances their learning. The focus on parent involvement as being key to the learning process of the students I also believe is critical. To stress colaboration between parent and child, student and student, student and teacher or professional can only prepare the student for a successful work environment.

I really enjoyed viewing this PBL experience. I agree with all of the previous postings and wonder where/when the teacher received his training and how long it took him to get to this point! With the planning, resources, and creating the learning environment, I am just amazed at the amount of time and energy that was put into this! It would be great to see this happening in our building, but we need "baby steps" to get started.

The video is great but the links to the individual segments do not appear to be working. Can you please let me know if you are able to resolve this issue as we do use segments of the video in a PD workshop. Thank you!

The Edutopia Web site has numerous articles and videos about project-based learning (PBL). If you are new to PBL, you should look at our instructional module. It can be used in a teacher workshop or you can use it as a self-paced learning unit. The module may be found at edutopia.org/teachingmodules/PBL/index.php

Additionally, the article "Start with the Pyramid" provides a wonderful entry into this topic See edutopia.org/start-pyramid