Project-Based Learning

In planning project-based learning units, teachers can maximize students’ time together by focusing on collaboration and feedback.

Student collaboration is a hallmark of project-based learning, but it can be tricky to manage online. Here are some basic strategies for helping students work together.

It’s actually a good time for challenging, independent projects. Here are some of the steps you should consider as you prepare your students to get started online.

The open-ended work in project-based learning can help students explore issues that matter to them.

The National Geographic Society has a five-step PBL model and resource library to foster deep learning whether students are in school or at home.

Project-based learning units that include different disciplines allow students to apply what they learn to new situations, leading to deeper learning.

Assignments that are bigger than a lesson and smaller than a unit are a good way to experiment with inquiry-based learning.

The book “Teaching for a Living Democracy” shows teachers how to use project-based learning to prioritize student voice and drive deep learning.

Tips and projects that teachers can share with parents and caregivers to guide children in any grade through project-based learning—with or without technology.

The Claim, Evidence, Reasoning framework is a scaffolded way to teach the scientific method.

Students can develop computer science skills starting in the early grades—even without a computer—in project-based learning and other units.

Students take responsibility for their learning and develop solutions for complex problems when their research paper becomes a PBL unit.

Twenty ideas for getting engaging projects going in your classroom.

Hoping to prepare high school graduates to solve complex, real-world problems, an Ohio STEM school found answers in project-based learning.