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Teacher Sara Lev leads her transitional kindergarten students in an Interdisciplinary project in this video
Project Videos
PBLWorks Project Videos 2018: Transitional Kindergarten - Interdisciplinary.
Business Plan Graphic
Product Toolkit
A business plan is a document that provides an overview of an existing or new business, outlining its goals as well as the steps and strategies to be implemented in order to achieve those goals. Business plans are developed for both internal purposes and external audiences, such as a plan written…
Museum Exhibit Graphic
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A museum exhibit is a curated collection of artifacts arranged and displayed for viewers' education and/or enjoyment. Exhibits are typically organized around a particular topic or theme with items carefully selected and strategically presented in order to convey a story or message about the subject.
Picture Book Graphic
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A picture book is a book in which the illustrations are as important as – or more important than – the text in telling the story or conveying the message of the book.
Pie Chart Graphic
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An infographic is a visual representation of data, information, or ideas using graphics (images, illustrations, charts, diagrams) and minimal text. Infographics are often used to present large data sets or explain complex concepts in a way that is digestible and memorable.
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Strategy Guides
A rubric is more than a tool to assess final products. It is a tool that should be leveraged throughout the project to support multiple kinds of learning opportunities for your students. This guide offers strategies for using rubrics to aid learning at each phase of a project.
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Strategy Guides
In Project Based Learning, students should have regular opportunities to reflect, individually and with others, on both what and how they are learning. This guide provides a framework and strategies for supporting reflection on learning throughout a project.
Teacher and student discussing their goal setting
Other Videos
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Strategy Guides
At the beginning of the project, students are introduced to key content in an authentic context via a stimulus or hook, which in PBL we call an entry event.
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.
Other Videos
High school students reflect on their experience of Project Based Learning.
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Student Handouts
This document helps students organize their presentations with a specific audience in mind.
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Strategy Guides
A learning log is a tool that students use during the project to keep track of their questions and learning generated through their research. This guide offers strategies for teaching students to use learning logs to support inquiry throughout a project.
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Strategy Guides
Exit tickets are brief formative assessments and/or reflection routines that students complete and submit at the end of a lesson or class period. This guide includes strategies for using exit tickets to support assessment and reflection within the context of PBL.
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Strategy Guides
Effective teams require us to think carefully about the kind of work students will be doing throughout the project. What outcomes are most important? How can we utilize teams so students effectively reach those outcomes?
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The need to know questions that initiated inquiry at the beginning of the project are central to students’ learning as they follow the project path. Need to know questions are revisited throughout the project in order to track learning and support sustained inquiry.
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Strategy Guides
Helping all students (including English Language Learners) become fluent in the language of a project’s targeted content is an essential part of teaching in a PBL classroom.
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Strategy Guides
In designing projects, we strive to have students doing the work of the world. Inviting those who actually do that work in the world into your project can be extremely powerful.
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Strategy Guides
Just as you encourage students to accept critique and revise their work, you should use critique processes to inform your revision of projects. This strategy guide offers guidance on how to request and use student feedback to refine your projects.