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Rubrics
6-12 Creativity & Innovation Rubric (CCSS Aligned)
Guide students in grades 6-12 in using creativity and innovation in a project.
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Rubrics
6-12 Creativity & Innovation Rubric (non-CCSS)
Guide students in grades 6-12 in using creativity and innovation in a project.
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Rubrics
K-2 Critical Thinking Rubric
Guide students in grades K-2 in being effective critical thinkers in a project.
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Rubrics
3-5 Presentation Rubric (CCSS Aligned)
Guide students in grades 3-5 in making effective presentations in a project.
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Planning Tools
Driving Question Tubric 2.0
Frame the DQ's initial words, person or entity, action or challenge, and audience/purpose.
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Planning Tools
English Learner Scaffolds for PBL
The EL Scaffolds for PBL document provides strategies & recommendations to support English Learners.
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Planning Tools
Storyboard
This planning document is designed to help you list the key project milestones, to represent significant moments or stages.
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Planning Tools
Project Assessment Map
Plan how to use formative assessment in a project to be sure students are learning content and building 21st century competencies
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Planning Tools
Project Path
Use the Project Path to guide you through every phase of your project.
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Planning Tools
Project Planner
This planning template can be used to design your next PBL project.
Articles
Gold Standard PBL: Essential Project Design Elements
Overview of the why and what of PBLWorks' new model for designing rigorous, engaging projects.
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Articles
Gold Standard PBL: Project Based Teaching Practices
Overview of BIE's new model for teaching in a Project Based Learning environment.
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Articles
Beautiful Work
Ron Berger explains how his classroom culture helped students create high-quality products.
Articles
Turning Student Groups into Effective Teams
A guide to forming teams, helping them become effective, & using peer ratings to adjust grades.
Articles
Main Course Not Dessert
This article distinguishes between PBL and lightweight "projects" and argues why PBL is essential.
Project Videos
Elementary Project: Courtyard Redesign
Students present their finished designs to a group of school architects, planners, & designers.
This video features kindergarten student presentations of projects on stray animals.
Other Videos
Katherine Smith School Kindergarten Presentations
Kindergarten students - mostly English learners - present their stray animals project.
This video has been translated into PORTUGUESE to explain project based learning
Other Videos
Project Based Learning: Explained. (PORTUGUESE)
A short animated video that explains in clear language the essential elements of PBL.
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 Marin School of Arts and Technology students evaluating the health of their local watershed.
Project Videos
Watershed Project: Overview
Students evaluate the health of their local watershed by studying a small creek.