PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Teaching Evolution Case Studies: Bonnie Chen
Bonnie Chen builds on students' prior knowledge of mutations to lead her class through a simulation of wading birds feeding. [14:02]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Curious George: Pigeon Perch
In the video, Curious George wants to make Compass the Pigeon the perfect perch so the bird can feel right at home. But it takes a lot of research to figure out how to build a tall object that won't collapse. Students learn about the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Curious George: Tool Time
In the video Camping with Hundley, Curious George needs to use his camping skills after a storm knocks out the electricity that powers the Doorman's van. He uses a mallet to build a shelter, a lighter to start a fire, and sticks to cook...
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Te Kete Ipurangi: Te Ao Whanui Local Participation, Global Confidence
In this curriculum conversation Anne Sturgess discusses a social studies programme at Edgecumbe College. She is joined by students who explain how Te Ao Whanui - local participation, global confidence, supported them to be autonomous...
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Te Kete Ipurangi: Inquiry Learning From Knowledge to Understanding
How do you use inquiry learning to move from knowledge to understanding? Vic Hygate, from Windsor School in Christchurch, explains how she carefully focuses her planning, then uses events and provocative statements to make inquiry...
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Te Kete Ipurangi: Our Inquiry Framework
Sylvia Park's inquiry planning team support all teachers to develop authentic engaging learning for their students. In this story the planning team and students discuss what inquiry looks like in their school.
Edutopia
Edutopia: Kindergarten: Five Year Olds Pilot Their Own Project Based Learning
With this video, learn how kindergarten students can become active participants in project-based learning. Nine minutes, 1 second.
Edutopia
Edutopia: Newsome Park Elementary Project Learning
Newsome Park Elementary is featured for the opportunities given to its students to practice project-based learning. PBL enhances students' ability to learn through a variety of learning styles. [6:50]
Other
Responsible Subversives Network: Born to Learn
Born to Learn is the first animation in a fascinating series aimed to provide easy access to the exciting new discoveries constantly being made about how humans learn! Narrated by Damian Lewis.
Buck Institute
Buck Institute for Education: Project Based Learning Explained
Check out this short video explaining project-based learning. [3:50]
Other
Ki Cubed: I Squared: A Different Way of Learning and Thinking
Imagine what students can accomplish in high school and beyond when they have been learning in a collaborative, real world, standards based environment throughout their elementary and middle school years! See what project-based learning...
Buck Institute
Buck Institute for Education: 21st Century Skills Culture
Students at High Tech High in San Diego, California use creative thinking and collaborative work to connect the classroom with the real world while developing 21st Century skills in mixed ability teams.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Curious George: Blast Off!
Curious George is the only one who can restock the International Space Station with supplies, which means he's going up to space in a rocket! After students watch the video, they build and launch their own air-powered rockets, which they...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Curious George: Sort It Out!
When Curious George invites a group of dogs home from the Dog Show, he has to figure out a way to sort them so that he can count them correctly. After watching the video, students learn about classifying objects that have common...
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Pbs Learning Media: Curious George: Ramp N Roll
In the video Hundley's Great Escape, Curious George and the cat, Gnocchi, can easily climb out through a window in the basement when the door closes behind them. Now George must figure out how to build a ramp so that Hundley, a little...
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Pbs Learning Media: Curious George: Build a Wall
In the video "Keep Out Cows," Curious George tries to build a wall to keep the cows from munching on a flowerbed. He uses newspapers attached to a clothesline, but will they be strong enough to keep Leslie Cow and her friends away?...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Curious George: Measure Up
In the video George Measures Up, Curious George needs to measure a tall building for Chef Psighetti. First he uses himself and then realizes he can use a measuring tape instead. As children explore the concepts of measuring, they learn...
Other
Ki Cubed: Project/problem Based Learning in Elementary School
Hidden Hills School provides a YouTube video featuring project-based learning in practice, the reasons, the approach, and testimonials from students and parents. [5:31]
Other
Mc Rel: Classroom Instruction That Works
This video provides quick tips about Generating and Testing Hypothesis.
Other
Discover E: Project Management in the Classroom
Engineering projects at every scale benefit from project management. See how teacher Todd Matia uses project management in his classroom to empower students to manage their own learning. [2:31]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Case Study: Teaching in a Flex Model at Summit Public Schools
A video [7:56] demonstrating a flexible education model as it was implemented at Summit Public Schools. Interviews with administrators, teachers, and students give a better understanding of the benefits of this model.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Khan Academy's Discovery Lab
We ran a hands-on, project-based learning summer program. Check out the highlights! [4:51]
Eduardo Teixeira
Inquiry Based Learning
Explains what inquiry-based learning is, how it begins with a question, develops into a hypothesis, then an experimental design which explores the question. Students collect and record data, which they critically analyze, and draw a...
Other
Inquiry Learning
Explains what inquiry learning is, why it is important, how it benefits students, ways teachers can facilitate it, and examples of inquiry-based activities.