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Shrinking Our Footprints Project: Full Version of Project Available for Free
Shrinking Our Footprints

How can we use data to reduce our families’ impact on the environment?

Antique black-and-white photograph of Ocean Avenue, Long Branch New Jersey, with two buggies going down a dirt road.
Marking History, Making History

How can we as historians uncover and share stories about our community?

Changing the World One Poem at a Time Project: Full Version of Project Available for Free
Changing the World One Poem at a Time

How can we use poetry to promote social justice in our community?

Project Designer

Project Designer Whether you're new to PBL, or you're a busy PBL teacher, our Project Designer gives you a shortcut to implementing high quality PBL in your classroom. Adapt one of 72 Gold Standard PBL projects - or create your own project - that's ready to use in the classroom or online. Learn more

Featured Resources

Essential Project Design Elements Checklist
For a quick evaluation of a project's design. Learn more
Template for Letter to Parents
Sample: Explaining PBL and giving project details. Learn more

Announcements

This is a logo of the Advanced Placement PBL Series
Feb 23, 2021
Advanced Placement PBL Series

Starting in Summer 2021, the Advanced Placement PBL Series is available in two subject areas. Each of these AP subject areas were the focus of a recent research study on the impact of PBL in AP.

Project Designer by PBLWorks - get 72 new gold standard projects for your classroom
Oct 28, 2020
Project Designer: Now Available!

Whether you're new to PBL, or you're a busy PBL teacher, this new tool gives you a shortcut to implementing high quality PBL in your classroom—includes 72 standards-based high quality projects. Learn more