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.

Project-Based Learning
Boosting Student Engagement Through Project-Based Learning
A researcher-practitioner partnership in San Francisco shows promising results for middle school science students.
Project-Based Learning
A Research-Backed Science Curriculum
Learning collaboratively through projects yields results for middle school students.
Project-Based Learning
Starting Small With PBL
A middle school chemistry teacher has three tips for teachers who find project-based learning daunting.
Project-Based Learning
Student-Centered World Language Classrooms
A district has overhauled instruction by focusing on project-based learning and communicative proficiency rather than grammar.
Place-Based Learning
A Place-Based Approach to PBL
A veteran teacher and author discusses how to bring fieldwork into your project-based learning curriculum.
Project-Based Learning
Time Management With PBL
Tips on integrating project-based learning into your curriculum—even in shorter class periods.
Project-Based Learning
Junior Historians at Work
A fourth-grade teacher shares a project-based learning unit that incorporates social studies, literacy, math, and 21st-century skills.
Project-Based Learning
Bringing Social Studies to Life With PBL
A teacher transforms her third-grade unit on Native Americans into a semester-long project-based learning unit.
PBL Planning
21st-Century Learning Starting in Elementary School
A group of Georgia schools work together to emphasize project-based learning and a STEM curriculum.
PBL Assessment
Standards-Based Assessment in PBL
Incorporating standards-based grading into project-based learning is a challenge, but these four practices will help you get started.