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Buck Institute for Education: Pblu: Resilience Cafe
PBLU offers an example of project-based learning where students parallel tales of resilience out of historical context to those exhibiting resilience within their communities or even their own homes. This idea developed out of...
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Pbl Works: Resources
[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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Pbl Works: Project Based Learning Rubrics
[Free Registration/Login Required] By utilizing project-based learning students will work extensively on inquiry methods in an effort to successfully understand the academic content. BIE provides a variety of free rubrics to measure...
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Buck Institute for Education: Pblu: Back in the Day
An example of a project-based learning assignment where students examine their own identities based on their family history and environment then move forward to write a nonfiction narrative which will be showcased.
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Buck Institution for Education: Pblu: What Will They Think?
Graphing and making predictions go hand in hand during this real-world example of project-based learning.
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Buck Institute for Education: 6 8 Presentation Rubric (Ccss Aligned)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 6-8 in making effective presentations in a project, and it can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is not noted. It describes an...
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Buck Institute for Education: Presentation Rubric K 2
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps with guiding and assessing K-2 students in giving a presentation. It is aligned with CCSS, but also can be used in non-CCSS settings. It is clear, concrete, and student-friendly, and...
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Buck Institute for Education: Collaboration Rubric (Ccss Aligned)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 6-12 in being effective collaborators in a project, and it can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is noted. It is clear,...
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Buck Institute for Education: 6 12 Collaboration Rubric (Non Ccss)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 6-12 in being effective collaborators in a project, and it can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is not noted. It is clear,...
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Buck Institute for Education: 3 5 Creativity Innovation Rubric (Non Ccss)
[Free Registration/Login Required] The first part of this rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 3-5 in using an effective process for innovation in various phases of a project, and it can be used to assess their performance....
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Buck Institution for Education: Pblu: Biz World
BizWorld is an example of a project-based learning lesson where students learn by building a student-run business and keep a record of the financials throughout the project so as to accurately measure the value of each company.
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Pbl Works: Edmodo: Classroom Hub for Project Based Learning
[Free Registration/Login Required] A look at the use of the resource of Edmodo in PBL classrooms. Learn how the different features aid in managing a PBL environment. Site includes both an article and video. [46:58]
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Pbl Works: Driving Question Tubric 2.0
[Free Registration/Login Required] The Driving Question Tubric 2.0 helps with practice in writing Driving Questions by framing initial words, person or entity, action or challenge, and audience/purpose. It is a fun, hands-on way to...
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Pbl Works: Project Assessment Map
[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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Pbl Works: What Is Problem Based Learning?
In Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. While allowing for some degree of student "voice and choice," rigorous projects are carefully...
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Pbl Works: Assessment in Project Based Learning
[Free Registration/Login Required] As an educator do you struggle with how to assess students' learning in PBL framework? This video addresses the common assessment issues in PBL, how to assess content knowledge in a project, how to...
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Pbl Works: Students and Audience in Project Assessment
[Free Registration/Login Required] Get a glimpse of how to use peer critiques through student-created rubrics to give students timely feedback so they can make their work better. Site includes a video and an article. [54:38]
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Pbl Works: Teach and Assess Creativity and Innovation in Pbl
Understand how PBL can help students learn a process for effective innovation in this article. Article points out three ways educators can teach creativity and innovation in PBL. Site also includes a video discussing the same issue as...
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Pbl Works: Leading With the 4 C's to Build the 5th C: Culture
[Free Registration/Login Required] A video and an article discussing how critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity in PBL can lead to a positive culture in the school. [32:12]
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Pbl Works: Managing Projects
[Free Registration/Login Required] Nervous about introducing a project or looking for a way to revamp the execution of a previously done project? This article and video shares some advice about project management from introduction to...
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Pbl Works: How Did I Start My Very First Project
[Free Registration/Login Required] An article and video exploring the anatomy of a project. Get an insight into how a teacher developed and executed a project from beginning to end. Understand the steps they took while working through...
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Pbl Works: Managing Projects in Middle and High Schools
[Free Registration/Login Required] Join a group of middle and high school teachers as they discuss how to effectively manage projects in the classroom. Understand what a project in a PBL classroom looks like and common project management...
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Pbl Works: How to Get High Quality Student Work in Pbl
[Free Registration/Login Required] This article and video addresses the ability of students to produce quality work which is a common concern of teachers with Project Based Learning. Learn how to guide students to create high quality...
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Pbl Works: Is Pbl Effective for Advanced Placement Courses?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An article and video investigating the use of PBL in an AP course. Learn from the experiences of a teacher using PBL in her AP US Government course. Find out if you can really cover the course material...