Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Project-based learning is a dynamic classroom approach in which students actively explore real-world problems and challenges and acquire transferable knowledge.
- A Moviemaking PBL Experience Brings History to LifeMiddle school students can create short films to demonstrate learning, bringing historical events such as the Boston Tea Party to life.332- Your content has been saved! Go to My Saved Content.
- How Accessible Tech Can Promote Empathy and CollaborationA middle school design and technology teacher breaks down a three-project unit that nicely overlaps with STEAM content.- Your content has been saved! Go to My Saved Content.
- 10 National Parks Service Resources Every Teacher Should Know AboutTeachers can explore these lesson plans, websites, and other resources to enhance project-based learning units that incorporate a variety of subjects.1k- Your content has been saved! Go to My Saved Content.
- Bringing Together Cosplay and Coding in High SchoolIn this class, students learn engineering skills as well as costume design and event planning, culminating in a convention that’s open to the whole community.
- Projects, Purpose, and the Teenage MindNeuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang on why adolescent students search for deeper meaning—and what that tells us about designing schools that engage teens.
- Using a Learning Map to Build Exemplary PBL UnitsBy developing—and revisiting—an instructional roadmap that connects standards, activities, and skill development, these teachers put students on a path toward mastery.
- Designing Science Inquiry: Claim + Evidence + Reasoning = ExplanationThe Claim, Evidence, Reasoning framework is a scaffolded way to teach the scientific method.30.5k- Your content has been saved! Go to My Saved Content.
- Using AI Tools to Support Project-Based LearningTeachers can use an artificial intelligence framework when developing projects to provide well-rounded learning experiences.
- How Students Can Use AI in Project-Based LearningTeachers can guide students to leverage AI for feedback in choosing and presenting a learning artifact—and they still create that themselves.857- Your content has been saved! Go to My Saved Content.
- 7 Projects Teachers Stand ByPlanning for projects can be difficult and time-consuming. This list of teacher-tested projects—complete with printable resources—should offer a big head start.
- Inquiry-Based Tasks in Social StudiesAssignments that are bigger than a lesson and smaller than a unit are a good way to experiment with inquiry-based learning.10.5k- Your content has been saved! Go to My Saved Content.
- 6 Strategies for Differentiated Instruction in Project-Based LearningReflecting on learning and student voice and choice are core elements of project-based learning, and they’re also key to differentiation.14.1k- Your content has been saved! Go to My Saved Content.
- Empowering Pre-K Students Through Project-Based LearningYoung students can build agency and independence when given the opportunity to make decisions throughout the PBL process.
- Teaching the Environmental Impact of AI Through PBLIn a project-based learning unit, students gain insights about the natural resources costs of everyday use of artificial intelligence tools.260- Your content has been saved! Go to My Saved Content.
- Integrating Music and Songs Into PBLTeachers can add an extra dimension to project-based learning units by having students connect themes in history to popular songs.232- Your content has been saved! Go to My Saved Content.













