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Core Concept: Project Learning

Why Teach with Project Learning?

Project learning is a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-world problems and challenges. With this type of active and engaged learning, students are inspired to obtain a deeper knowledge of the subjects they're studying. More

VIDEO: An Introduction to Project Learning (3-minute video)

VIDEO: Project Learning: An Overview (9-minute video)

Real-Life Examples

  • Boys demonstrating their robot to the class.

    Children Start with the Pyramid, using concrete, real-world examples to illustrate core knowledge. More

    Teacher with group of three girls at laptops.

    Research Studies validate project learning. More

    A student measuring and building a paper model.

    Civic Education offers architectural projects and internships to build math and science skills. More

  • Students on a field trip looking at a map of the city.

    Project learning gives students New Skills for a New Century. More

    Eeva Reeder

    High school teacher Eeva Reeder tells how she makes geometry come alive through teaching Real Math. More

    Two boys dressed up as airline pilots

    Student-driven projects enable five-year-olds to go on Voyages of Discovery. More

  • Girl painting.

    Relationships Are Key for career academies and a transition program at this high school. More

    Boys working on architectural plans.

    Students design a school for the future and learn to apply Geometry in the Real World. More

    Two girls doing a science experiment with test tubes.

    The Biotech Academy -- a school within a school -- puts the emphasis on academics and a career. More

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