103 Results
Type: Student Handouts
Project Team Contract
This contract can be used by a project team to agree upon how they will work together.
Type: Student Handouts
Template for Letter to Parents
Explains PBL, details the project, addresses assessment issues, and informs parents how to help.
Type: Planning Tools
Project Assessment Map
Tools
Plan how to use formative assessment in a project to be sure students are learning content and building 21st century competencies
Type: Articles
Main Course Not Dessert (by BIE)
This article distinguishes between PBL and lightweight "projects" and argues why PBL is essential.
Type: Articles
Turning Student Groups into Effective Teams
Stacked Papers
A guide to forming teams, helping them become effective, & using peer ratings to adjust grades.
Type: Articles
Beautiful Work
Ron Berger explains how his classroom culture helped students create high-quality products.
Type: Other Videos
Project Based Learning: Explained
This hand drawn image depicts students sitting in traditional rows.
Essential elements of PBL, 21st century competencies, differences from traditional teaching.
Type: Other Videos
"It really, actually changed my life."
This video features high school students reflect on their experience of Project Based Learning and also practiced the 21st century competencies needed for personal and workplace success.
High school students reflect on their experience of Project Based Learning.
Type: Other Videos
PBL at ACE Leadership High School
This video showcases the use of PBL at a school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which organizes its program around the fields of architecture, construction, and engineering
ACE Leadership HS uses architecture, construction, and engineering projects to motivate and teach.
Type: Rubrics
Rubric for Rubrics
Ruler
Guides teachers in creating and using rubrics with proper criteria, distinct levels, & clear writing
Type: Rubrics
6-12 Creativity & Innovation Rubric (non-CCSS)
Ruler
Guide students in grades 6-12 in using creativity and innovation in a project.
Type: Rubrics
6-12 Creativity & Innovation Rubric (CCSS Aligned)
Guide students in grades 6-12 in using creativity and innovation in a project.
Type: Rubrics
3-5 Creativity & Innovation Rubric (non-CCSS)
Guide students in grades 3-5 in using creativity and innovation in a project.
Type: Rubrics
3-5 Creativity & Innovation Rubric (CCSS Aligned)
Guide students in grades 3-5 in using creativity and innovation in a project.
Type: Rubrics
3-5 Presentation Rubric (non-CCSS)
Guide students in grades 3-5 in making effective presentations in a project.
Type: Rubrics
K-2 Presentation Rubric
Guide and assess younger students in making project presentations.
Type: Rubrics
6-12 Collaboration Rubric (CCSS Aligned)
Guide students in grades 6-12 in working well in teams in a project.
Type: Rubrics
3-5 Collaboration Rubric (non-CCSS)
Guide students in grades 3-5 in working well in teams in a project.
Type: Rubrics
3-5 Collaboration Rubric (CCSS Aligned)
Guide students in grades 3-5 in working well in teams in a project.
Type: Rubrics
K-2 Teamwork Rubric
Guide and assess younger students in working well in teams in a project.