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
Collaborating on Project-Based Learning
A school-based professional learning community (PLC) is well structured to enhance all aspects of project-based learning.
Inquiry-Based Learning
Inquiry-Based Tasks in Social Studies
Assignments that are bigger than a lesson and smaller than a unit are a good way to experiment with inquiry-based learning.
Project-Based Learning
A PBL Unit With Lessons for Teachers
A project-based learning unit that left students feeling unenthusiastic had valuable lessons for the teachers who prepared it.
Project-Based Learning
Project-Based Learning and the Research Paper
Students take responsibility for their learning and develop solutions for complex problems when their research paper becomes a PBL unit.
Project-Based Learning
Agriculture Students Harness Innovation
Students in school-based farming programs are exploring everything from hydroponics to robotics to entrepreneurship.
Project-Based Learning
Chickens and Checkbooks
A teacher shares what she and her third graders learned from their first experience with project-based learning—a chicken coop.
Global Education
Humanitarian Engineering in High School
High school students in Alabama design prosthetic devices and tackle other real-world challenges with a village in Honduras.
Student Engagement
Generating a Buzz About Learning
Entry events aim to get students curious and excited about a new unit of study right at the outset.
Project-Based Learning
How Can We Survive on Mars?
A fifth-grade project-based learning unit harnesses excitement about Mars to develop science, math, engineering, and literacy skills.
Project-Based Learning
Projects That Work: Mission to Mars
Physics students assume the role of aerospace engineers to explore the real-world problem of how to land a rover on Mars.