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How To Plan a Project

In 1993, Outward Bound launched its expeditionary learning program at ten schools, including King Middle School. After pulling together projects for more than 25 years, they have concrete examples of how to plan and implement great lessons. Project learning does take time and collaboration to develop an idea, connect it to your state's standards, and pull together all the pieces from resources to technical know-how, but here are some practical ways you can get started today.
Girl and boy recording into laptop.

On the Record:

Juniors at Casco Bay High School record stories of homeless people that will accompany a photo exhibit.

Credit: Michael Warren
  • Article

    Here are five questions that the teachers of King Middle School ask themselves before embarking on an expedition.

    Mon, Mar 15, 2010 | 2 comment(s)
  • Article

    Use these guiding principles to pull together projects with the time and resources you have.

    Mon, Mar 15, 2010 | 8 comment(s)
  • Video
    Project Learning Assignment: Seventh graders work with community experts to advance their understanding of bacteria in the environment -- and then share their findings with the community at large.
    Mon, Mar 15, 2010 | 0 comment(s)
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    Art, history, engineering, language arts, and technology, both old and new, come together for eighth grade students in this rich project learning expedition at King Middle School in Portland, Maine.
    Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 2 comment(s)
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    Juniors at Casco Bay High School, in Portland, Maine, explore homelessness by working in teams to make audio slide-show portraits in a semester-long project about housing issues and public policy.
    Mon, Mar 15, 2010 | 3 comment(s)