164 Results
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Project Based Learning & Student Achievement
Short 2018 research brief by Buck Institute with evidence of PBL's impact on student learning in cor
Project Videos
Project Based Teaching: Build the Culture - Look & Feel of the Classroom
The Buck Institute has created this short video to help explain the Project Based Teaching Practices in our model for Gold Standard PBL.
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The Greater Good
Students negotiate trade between two nations by analyzing data on production and specialization.
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Monopoly’s Might Curriculum
Students help secure capital to fund research and development for a "school-based enterprise."
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The Invisible Hand
Students are asked by the Secretary of Energy to help implement price-control legislation.
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Running in Place
Student advise an entrepreneur on how to set up production and for whom to produce.
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Matildaville
Students debate a list of possible entities that could operate on donated land.
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The High School Food Court
Students recommend to the school board which restaurants should be chosen for the campus food court.
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Not In My Backyard
Students decide on the best location for transitional housing for the homeless.
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A Government for Xlandia
Students advise the leaders of a new nation on how to create a constitutional democracy.
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LegiQuest
Students select issues to work on as lobbyists for young people.
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The Better Budget
Students craft federal budget recommendations for their congressional representative.
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On the Campaign Trail
Students must decide how best to "market" a flawed local political candidate's campaign.
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Fighting Chance
Students debate whether to take a discrimination case headed to the Supreme Court.
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The President's Dilemma
Students advise the U.S. president on fiscal and monetary policy during economic crisis.
This video features high school students at Livermore Valley Charter Preparatory create art pieces that reflect how the U.S. sees itself and how the global community perceives the U.S.
Project Videos
Mirror Project in English & History
Art via PBL that reflects how the U.S. sees itself and how the global community perceives the U.S.
Chula Vista 9th grade students create electric guitars from scratch while learning the Physics concepts that allow them to ROCK ON in this video
Project Videos
Science Project: Physics Rocks
High School electric guitar project while learning Physics.
This video features High Tech Middle Media Arts students and staff collaborate with French filmmakers to create animation shorts about the Mexico and U.S. border.
Project Videos
World Language Project: Other Side of the Line
Middle school arts project: animated shorts about the Mexico and U.S. border.
This video features High Tech High Media Arts students who created multimedia & humanities projects to "take things invisible and make them visible"
Project Videos
Multimedia & Humanities Project: Invisibility
Students create multimedia & humanities projects to "take things invisible and make them visible" by publicly exhibiting their work.
Project Videos
World Language Project: Creative Masters
Students create pieces of art and writing while re-expressing famous Spanish-speaking artists.