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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Concept to Classroom: Inquiry Based Learning

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
One of eleven workshops presented by Concept to Classroom, this workshop on Inquiry-based Learning takes you through four major steps (explanation, demonstration, exploration, and implementation) to learn about it, then put it into...
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Other

University of Kansas: Project Based Learning: Multimedia Presentation Checklist

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Create and print a customizable checklist for teacher or student use for planning and assessing multimedia presentations. Categories include preparation, resources, organization, navigation, appearance and media use....
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Other

Duke: Center for Inquiry Based Learning

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Duke University has established the Center for Inquiry-Based Learning. It serves to enhance math and science lessons. Click on Resources for good examples of Inquiry-based lesson plans.
Website
Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Resources

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] If you are interested in learning to develop project-based learning in your classroom, this BIE resource list give you most of the information you need, from background to webinars, and from planning...
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Other

International Education and Resource Network:i Earn Usa

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains tools which support both students of all ages and their teachers in project-based learning. Content for educators includes methods for incorporating projects into lesson plans and the overall curriculum. Student...
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Government of Alberta

Alberta Learning: Focus on Inquiry [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This document provides supports for implementing inquiry-based learning activities in the classroom and is intended for teachers working on their own or in teams, with or without the support of a teacher-librarian or other library...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Tips on Starting a Community Service Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A successful community service project is the result of clear objectives, thoughtful planning and coordination, savvy use of resources, and follow-through.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Inquiry Page: Learning Begins With Questions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What exactly is inquiry-based learning? Use this website to learn more about this unique learning style.
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Other

Critical Thinking Works: Investigating the Inca

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students can explore Peruvian culture through project-based learning. In the role of present-day reporters, students will research the lives of the Inca in the 15th and 16th centuries. Includes suggestions for actively engaging students,...
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New York Times

New York Times: Learning Network: Election 2016: Our Teaching and Learning Homepage

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A compilation of resources, often updated, to enhance studying the election process for the Presidential Election coming up on November 8, 2016. Find lesson plans, project-based units, articles with follow-up questions among the collection.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pbs News Hour Student Reporting Labs Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Student Reporting Labs (SRL) creates transformative educational experiences through video journalism that inspire youth to find their voice and engage with their communities. SRL lesson plans, assignment prompts and instruction tools...
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Projects: The Stowaway Adventure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through this series of Internet-based learning experiences and activities, learners will use real-time data to track a real ship at sea and monitor weather conditions. Includes a teacher's guide with problem-solving lesson plans...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Research Project: American Heroes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is designed to help students of all backgrounds learn to work together in groups to complete a research paper assignment. This is a collaborative based lesson plan that challenges students to work together to complete the...
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Project Assessment Map

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] The Project Assessment Map helps you plan how you will use formative assessments in a project, to be sure students are learning content and building 21st century competencies.
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Pbl School Rubric

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps school and district leaders understand what it looks like to be a school with a fully developed PBL program. It describes what teachers, leaders, and the school as a whole do when they...
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Rubric for Rubrics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric describes a well-written rubric, and how a rubric is created and used with students. It is clear, concise, and useful for helping educators avoid some common pitfalls. It can be used during...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Learning Your A, G, C's (And T, Too)

For Students 6th - 8th
This is a project about the "molecular alphabet" of DNA. With just four "letters," it manages to keep track of the plan for an entire person, and keep a complete copy in nearly every cell. This project will help you start learning this...
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Other

Dwellings: The Message of Houses and Their Contents, 1780 1820

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Architectural styles of the times reflected the economic status and taste of the individuals who owned the houses. As this turn of the century proceeded from 1780 to 1820, many changes occurred in communication, transportation,...
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FNO Press

From Now On: A Questioning Toolkit

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
What exactly is a "questioning tool kit"? This resource provides techniques for asking essential questions, hypothetical questions, telling questions, planning questions and organizing questions.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Plan the Adventure of a Lifetime With Lewis and Clark

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This plan is the first lesson in my unit on Lewis and Clark. This is a project-based, hands-on unit in which students "become" part of the Corps of Discovery - the members traveling in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In this lesson, the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: P Hun With Acids and Bases!!! (A P H Lesson)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, the students will learn the characteristics of acids and bases including the associated pH values. The students will conduct a hands-on activity that shows color indicators for different pH values. This lesson plan...
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Other

Center for Assessment: Learning Progressions Frameworks in Ela & Literacy [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This project has attempted to describe research-based pathways for learning that can guide lesson planning, and curriculum and assessment development K-12. Includes a working definition of learning progressions.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Who Am I? What Have I Done? Where Am I Going?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a project-based lesson plan designed to guide students through the creation of a digital career portfolio. This lesson is only a guide based on the requirements from a Career Tech Student Organization. This is a Commerce and...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Marketing Your Business

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Marketing is the activities of a company associated with buying and selling a product or service. It includes advertising, selling, and delivering products to people. In order to successfully market and sell your products and /or...